The State of New Hampshire v. Adam Montgomery

Hillsborough, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged degree murder, see RSA 630:1-b, I(b) (2016), second degree assault, see RSA 631:2, I(d) (2016), falsifying physical evidence, see RSA 641:6, I (2016), witness tampering, see RSA 641:5, I(a) (2016), and abuse of a corpse, see RSA 644:7 (2016) (amended 2023.

Reported by Kent Morlan

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“The trial court’s decision to join or sever charges is discretionary; we will affirm its
ruling unless the decision constitutes an unsustainable exercise of discretion.”
State v. Girard, 173 N.H. 619, 623 (2020). “To succeed on appeal, the
defendant must demonstrate that the ruling was clearly untenable or
unreasonable to the prejudice of his case.”

For the foregoing reasons, we reverse the defendant’s conviction of
second degree murder, affirm his convictions of second degree assault,
falsifying physical evidence, witness tampering, and abuse of a corpse, and
remand.

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See: https://www.courts.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt471/files/documents/2026-06/2026024montgomery.pd