New Hampshire Statutes

TITLE LIX — PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES (Includes Chapters 592 - 614)

CHAPTER 592 — COURTS OF CRIMINAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
CHAPTER 592-A — JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE GENERALLY
- Section 592-A:1 Superior Court.
- Section 592-A:10 Other Returns.
- Section 592-A:11 Summons for Witnesses.
- Section 592-A:12 Payment of Witnesses in Criminal Cases.
- Section 592-A:13 No Witness Fee to Salaried Officers.
- Section 592-A:13-a Pay in Lieu of Witness Fee.
- Section 592-A:14 Summons for Defendant.
- Section 592-A:15 Default.
- Section 592-A:16 Judgment Against Parent.
- Section 592-A:2 Appeals to Superior Court.
- Section 592-A:2-a Jury Trial.
- Section 592-A:2-b Jury Trial.
- Section 592-A:3 Plea of Guilty in District or Municipal Court.
- Section 592-A:4 Binding Over by Justice.
- Section 592-A:5 Justice of the Peace Throughout the State.
- Section 592-A:6 Powers of District and Municipal Courts.
- Section 592-A:7 Complaints.
- Section 592-A:8 Warrants.
- Section 592-A:9 When Warrants Returnable to District or Municipal Court.
CHAPTER 593 — FINGERPRINTING AND MEASURING
- Section 593:1 Order of Court.
- Section 593:2 Custodian of Prisoner.
- Section 593:3 Order of County Attorney.
- Section 593:4 Discharge of Defendant.
CHAPTER 594 — ARRESTS IN CRIMINAL CASES
- Section 594:1 Definitions.
- Section 594:1-a Bailiffs and Court Security Officers.
- Section 594:10 Arrest Without a Warrant.
- Section 594:10-a Notice of Arrest.
- Section 594:11 Judge's Order to Arrest.
- Section 594:12 Duty to Obey.
- Section 594:13 Arrest on Improper Grounds.
- Section 594:14 Summons Instead of Arrest.
- Section 594:15 Notice of Arrest.
- Section 594:16 Conference With Friends or Counsel.
- Section 594:17 Penalty.
- Section 594:18 Release of Persons Arrested Without Warrant.
- Section 594:18-a Release of Persons Arrested Without Warrant.
- Section 594:19 Detention of Person Arrested on Warrant.
- Section 594:19-a Detention of Person Arrested; With Warrant; Without Warrant.
- Section 594:2 Questioning and Detaining Suspects.
- Section 594:20 Detention, Night Arrest.
- Section 594:20-a Place and Time of Detention.
- Section 594:21 Authority of Jailer.
- Section 594:21-a Authority of Superintendent.
- Section 594:3 Searching for Weapons.
- Section 594:4 Permissible Force.
- Section 594:5 Resisting Arrest.
- Section 594:6 Aid to Officers.
- Section 594:7 Arrest on Warrant.
- Section 594:8 Conveying Prisoner.
- Section 594:9 Arrest by Virtue of a Warrant Not in Officer's Possession.
CHAPTER 595 — SEARCH WARRANTS
CHAPTER 595-A — SEARCH WARRANTS
- Section 595-A:1 Issuance of Search Warrants; Purposes.
- Section 595-A:2 Requisites of Warrant.
- Section 595-A:3 Form of Warrant.
- Section 595-A:4 Affidavit in Support of Application for Warrant; Contents and Form.
- Section 595-A:4-a Electronic Communication and Signature.
- Section 595-A:5 Receipt, Inventory, and Return.
- Section 595-A:6 Seizure, Custody and Disposition of Articles; Exceptions.
- Section 595-A:7 Time for Return of Warrant.
- Section 595-A:8 Assistants.
- Section 595-A:9 Scope and Definition.
CHAPTER 595-B — ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTION WARRANTS
- Section 595-B:1 Definition.
- Section 595-B:1-a Scope.
- Section 595-B:2 Requirements for Issue.
- Section 595-B:3 Issue; Contents.
- Section 595-B:4 Duration.
- Section 595-B:5 Conduct of Inspection; Notice.
- Section 595-B:6 Receipt for Samples; Inventory and Return.
- Section 595-B:7 Evidence.
- Section 595-B:8 Refusal to Permit Authorized Inspection.
- Section 595-B:9 Application Limited.
CHAPTER 596 — EXAMINATIONS
CHAPTER 596-A — PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS
- Section 596-A:1 Adjournments.
- Section 596-A:2 Record.
- Section 596-A:3 Caution to Accused.
- Section 596-A:4 Procedure.
- Section 596-A:5 Testimony of Accused.
- Section 596-A:6 Excluding Witnesses.
- Section 596-A:7 Commitment and Bail.
CHAPTER 597 — BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCES
- Section 597:1 Release and Detention Authority Generally.
- Section 597:1-a Release or Detention of a Defendant Pending Sentence or Appeal.
- Section 597:1-b Probationers and Parolees Excepted.
- Section 597:1-c Offenses Punishable by Life Imprisonment.
- Section 597:1-d Probationees and Parolees.
- Section 597:10 Copies, on Appeal.
- Section 597:11 Copies, Binding Over.
- Section 597:12 Penalty.
- Section 597:13 Accepting Insufficient Bail, etc.
- Section 597:14 Minors.
- Section 597:14-a Failure to Appear; Punishment.
- Section 597:14-b Penalty for Offense Committed While on Release.
- Section 597:15 Appointment.
- Section 597:15-a District Courts.
- Section 597:15-b Judicial Branch Family Division.
- Section 597:16 Municipal Courts.
- Section 597:17 Term.
- Section 597:18 Powers.
- Section 597:18-a Educational Requirements for Bail Commissioners.
- Section 597:19 Returns.
- Section 597:2 Release of a Defendant Pending Trial.
- Section 597:2-a Ten Percent Bail Authorized.
- Section 597:20 Fees.
- Section 597:21 Bail on Sunday.
- Section 597:22 Recognizances After Arrest.
- Section 597:23 Commitment in Default of Recognizance.
- Section 597:24 To the State; Sureties.
- Section 597:25 Condition.
- Section 597:26 Variations.
- Section 597:27 Surrender, in Court.
- Section 597:28 Surrender, to Jailer.
- Section 597:29 Jailer's Authority; New Bail.
- Section 597:3 Money Deposited.
- Section 597:30 Excusing Surrender.
- Section 597:31 Declaration of Forfeiture.
- Section 597:32 Striking Off Default.
- Section 597:33 Judgment.
- Section 597:34 Venue.
- Section 597:35 Defective Records, etc.
- Section 597:36 Declaration.
- Section 597:37 Bench Warrants.
- Section 597:38 Forfeit of Recognizance.
- Section 597:38-a Default Fees.
- Section 597:38-b Collection of Forfeitures; Motor Vehicles.
- Section 597:39 Procedure.
- Section 597:4 In Superior Court.
- Section 597:40 Recognizance for Appearance in Superior Court.
- Section 597:41 Recognizance for Appearance Before Court or Justice Named in Warrant.
- Section 597:42 Return of Recognizance, etc.
- Section 597:5 When Requirable.
- Section 597:5-a When Requirable; Bail and Recognizances for Person Detained for Probation Violation.
- Section 597:6 Appearance at Superior Court.
- Section 597:6-a Release or Detention of a Defendant Pending Trial.
- Section 597:6-b Hearing Before a Justice.
- Section 597:6-c Petition to Superior Court to Review Bail.
- Section 597:6-d Release or Detention of Material Witness.
- Section 597:6-e Review and Appeal of Release or Detention Order.
- Section 597:7 Commitment in Default of Recognizance.
- Section 597:7-a Detention and Sanctions for Default or Breach of Conditions.
- Section 597:7-b Bail Agents and Recovery Agents; Certification and Registration; Notification to Local Law Enforcement Required.
- Section 597:8 Subsequent Bail.
- Section 597:9 Copies, Subsequent Bail.
CHAPTER 598 — PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN
CHAPTER 598-A — PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN
- Section 598-A:1 Approval and Registration.
- Section 598-A:1-a Fees.
- Section 598-A:2 Revocation.
- Section 598-A:3 List of Professional Bondsmen.
- Section 598-A:4 Rules of Secretary of State or His Designee.
- Section 598-A:5 Penalty.
- Section 598-A:6 Exceptions.
CHAPTER 599 — APPEALS FROM CONVICTIONS IN MUNICIPAL OR DISTRICT COURT
- Section 599:1 Appeals.
- Section 599:1-a Petition; Late Appeal.
- Section 599:1-b Petition for Appeal.
- Section 599:1-c Records Required.
- Section 599:2 Recognizance of Appellant.
- Section 599:3 Failure to Prosecute Appeal.
- Section 599:4 Enforcing Original Sentence.
CHAPTER 600 — GRAND JURIES
- Section 600:1 Drawing Jurors.
- Section 600:2 Issuance of Venires in Emergencies.
- Section 600:3 Oath.
- Section 600:4 Oath to Witnesses.
- Section 600:5 Clerk; Minutes.
CHAPTER 600-A — MULTICOUNTY GRAND JURIES
- Section 600-A:1 Application for Multicounty Grand Jury.
- Section 600-A:2 Contents of Order Convening Multicounty Grand Jury.
- Section 600-A:3 Term.
- Section 600-A:4 Applicable Law.
- Section 600-A:5 Presentation of Evidence to Multicounty Grand Jury.
- Section 600-A:6 Indictment; Designation of Venue; Consolidation.
- Section 600-A:7 Prosecution of Indictments.
- Section 600-A:8 Costs and Expenses.
CHAPTER 601 — INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS, AND COMPLAINTS
- Section 601:1 Indictments, Necessity.
- Section 601:2 Waiving Indictment.
- Section 601:3 Additional Charges.
- Section 601:3-a Waiving Indictment in Other Cases.
- Section 601:4 Sufficiency.
- Section 601:5 Charging Intent to Defraud.
- Section 601:6 Charging Manner of Death.
- Section 601:6-a Joining Charges.
- Section 601:7 Charging Assaults.
- Section 601:8 Formal Errors, etc.
- Section 601:9 Lotteries.
CHAPTER 602 — VENUE
- Section 602:1 Parts of Offense in More Than One County, etc.
- Section 602:2 Arraignment and Bail of Defaulters.
CHAPTER 603 — LIMITATION OF PROSECUTIONS
- Section 603:1 Periods of Limitation.
CHAPTER 604 — RIGHTS OF ACCUSED
- Section 604:1 Capital Cases and First Degree Murder.
- Section 604:1-a Discovery in Criminal Matters.
CHAPTER 604-A — ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL CASES
- Section 604-A:1 Representation of Defendants.
- Section 604-A:1-a Neglected or Abused Children.
- Section 604-A:1-b Additional Funding.
- Section 604-A:10 Rulemaking; Records Required; Judicial Council; Commissioner of Administrative Services.
- Section 604-A:2 Appointment of Counsel.
- Section 604-A:2-a Additional Inquiry.
- Section 604-A:2-b Contract Attorneys.
- Section 604-A:2-c Determination of Financial Ability.
- Section 604-A:2-d Partial Liability.
- Section 604-A:3 Duration and Substitution of Appointments.
- Section 604-A:4 Compensation of Counsel.
- Section 604-A:5 Compensation Limited.
- Section 604-A:6 Services Other Than Counsel.
- Section 604-A:6-a Contract Services.
- Section 604-A:7 Rules and Regulations.
- Section 604-A:8 Payment of Expenses.
- Section 604-A:9 Repayment.
CHAPTER 604-B — PUBLIC DEFENDER PROGRAM
- Section 604-B:1 Declaration of Purpose.
- Section 604-B:2 Representation of Indigent Defendants.
- Section 604-B:3 Limitation of Representation.
- Section 604-B:4 Contract.
- Section 604-B:5 Supervision.
- Section 604-B:6 Allocation of Cases.
- Section 604-B:7 Public Defenders.
- Section 604-B:8 Alternate Public Defender Program.
CHAPTER 605 — PLEAS AND REFUSAL TO PLEAD
- Section 605:1 Minors, etc.
- Section 605:2 Counsel Fees.
- Section 605:3 Plea of Lesser Offense.
- Section 605:4 Nonacceptance of Plea.
- Section 605:5 Refusal to Plead.
- Section 605:6 Plea of Nolo Contendere.
CHAPTER 606 — TRIAL
- Section 606:1 Impanelling Jury.
- Section 606:10 Appeals by the State.
- Section 606:2 Oath of Jurors.
- Section 606:3 Challenges; Defendant.
- Section 606:4 Challenges; State.
- Section 606:5 Custody of Jury.
- Section 606:6 Rebutting Evidence.
- Section 606:7 Waiver of Jury Trial in Certain Cases.
- Section 606:8 Offenses Punishable by Imprisonment Not Exceeding One Year.
- Section 606:9 Procedure; Challenges.
CHAPTER 606-A — AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS
- Section 606-A:1 Agreement Enacted.
- Section 606-A:2 Definition.
- Section 606-A:3 Enforcement of Agreement.
- Section 606-A:4 Application.
- Section 606-A:5 Duty of Warden.
- Section 606-A:6 Compact Administrator.
CHAPTER 607 — SENTENCE AND EXECUTION; PAROLE
CHAPTER 607-A — UNIFORM ACT ON STATUS OF CONVICTED PERSONS
- Section 607-A:1 Definition.
- Section 607-A:2 Rights Lost.
- Section 607-A:3 Rights Retained by Convicted Person.
- Section 607-A:4 Savings Provisions.
- Section 607-A:5 Certificate of Discharge.
- Section 607-A:6 Uniformity of Interpretation.
- Section 607-A:7 Short Title.
- Section 607-A:8 Severability.
CHAPTER 608 — SURETY OF THE PEACE
- Section 608:1 Complaint.
- Section 608:10 Committal by Surety.
- Section 608:2 Order.
- Section 608:3 Appeal.
- Section 608:4 Order.
- Section 608:5 Failure to Prosecute Appeal.
- Section 608:6 Recognizing after Committal.
- Section 608:7 Certifying to Court.
- Section 608:8 Order on Conviction, etc.
- Section 608:9 Order on View.
CHAPTER 609 — SUPPRESSION OF RIOTS
CHAPTER 609-A — MOB ACTION
CHAPTER 610 — REWARDS AND COMPENSATIONS TO PROSECUTORS
- Section 610:1 Offer of Reward.
- Section 610:2 Compensation for Service.
CHAPTER 611 — MEDICAL EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 611-A — OFFICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
CHAPTER 611-B — OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
- Section 611-B:1 Definitions.
- Section 611-B:10 Administrative and Technical Assistance.
- Section 611-B:11 Oath; Duty to Investigate in Medico-Legal Case.
- Section 611-B:12 Mandatory Reporting of Medico-Legal Deaths.
- Section 611-B:13 Charge of Body.
- Section 611-B:14 Survey of Location.
- Section 611-B:14-a Medical Records.
- Section 611-B:15 Postmortem Examination.
- Section 611-B:16 Property of Deceased.
- Section 611-B:17 Performance of Autopsies.
- Section 611-B:18 Retention and Disposal of Organs, Unidentified Remains, Body Fragments, and Body Fluids.
- Section 611-B:19 Duty of the State Forensic Science Laboratory.
- Section 611-B:2 Chief Medical Examiner; Authority; Rulemaking.
- Section 611-B:20 Report to County Attorney.
- Section 611-B:21 Autopsy and Investigative Reports.
- Section 611-B:22 Report to Bureau of Maternal and Child Health.
- Section 611-B:23 Dental Examinations.
- Section 611-B:24 Release of Body.
- Section 611-B:25 Unclaimed Body.
- Section 611-B:26 Death Record.
- Section 611-B:27 Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner Accounts.
- Section 611-B:27-a Autopsy Expenses.
- Section 611-B:28 Medico-Legal Investigation Fund.
- Section 611-B:29 Dental Records.
- Section 611-B:3 Deputy Chief Medical Examiner.
- Section 611-B:30 Identification by Scoring Probabilities.
- Section 611-B:31 Destruction of Records.
- Section 611-B:4 Acting Chief Medical Examiner.
- Section 611-B:5 Assistant Deputy Medical Examiners.
- Section 611-B:6 Indemnification of Medical Examiner.
- Section 611-B:7 Supervision.
- Section 611-B:8 Affiliation and Training.
- Section 611-B:9 Temporary Expert Assistance.
CHAPTER 612 — UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION LAW
- Section 612:1 Definitions.
- Section 612:10 Rights of Accused Person; Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Section 612:11 Penalty for Noncompliance With Preceding Section.
- Section 612:12 Confinement in Jail When Necessary.
- Section 612:13 Arrest Prior to Requisition.
- Section 612:14 Arrest Without a Warrant.
- Section 612:15 Commitment to Await Requisition; Bail.
- Section 612:16 Bail; In What Cases; Conditions of Bond.
- Section 612:17 Extension of Time of Commitment, Adjournment.
- Section 612:18 Forfeiture of Bail.
- Section 612:19 Persons Under Criminal Prosecution in This State at Time of Requisition.
- Section 612:2 Fugitives From Justice; Duty of Governor.
- Section 612:20 Guilt or Innocence of Accused, When Inquired Into.
- Section 612:21 Governor May Recall Warrant or Issue Alias.
- Section 612:22 Fugitives From This State; Duty of Governors.
- Section 612:23 Application for Issuance of Requisition; By Whom Made; Contents.
- Section 612:24 Expenses.
- Section 612:25 Immunity From Service of Process in Certain Civil Actions.
- Section 612:26 Written Waiver of Extradition Proceedings.
- Section 612:27 Nonwaiver by This State.
- Section 612:28 No Right of Asylum; No Immunity From Other Criminal Prosecutions While in This State.
- Section 612:29 Interpretation.
- Section 612:3 Form of Demand.
- Section 612:30 Constitutionality.
- Section 612:4 Governor May Investigate Case.
- Section 612:5 Extradition of Persons Imprisoned or Awaiting Trial in Another State or Who Have Left the Demanding State Under Compulsion.
- Section 612:5-a Violation of Terms of Release; Presigned Waiver of Extradition.
- Section 612:6 Extradition of Persons Not Present in Demanding State at Time of Commission of Crime.
- Section 612:7 Issue of Governor's Warrant of Arrest; Its Recitals.
- Section 612:8 Manner and Place of Execution.
- Section 612:9 Authority of Arresting Officer.
CHAPTER 613 — SUMMONING WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT A STATE
- Section 613:1 Definitions.
- Section 613:2 Summoning Witness in This State to Testify in Another State.
- Section 613:3 Witness From Another State Summoned to Testify in This State.
- Section 613:4 Exemption from Arrest and Service of Process.
- Section 613:5 Uniformity of Interpretation.
- Section 613:6 Constitutionality.
CHAPTER 613-A — UNIFORM RENDITION OF PRISONERS AS WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ACT
- Section 613-A:1 Definitions.
- Section 613-A:10 Short Title.
- Section 613-A:11 Severability Clause.
- Section 613-A:2 Summoning Witness in This State to Testify in Another State.
- Section 613-A:3 Court Order.
- Section 613-A:4 Terms and Conditions.
- Section 613-A:5 Exceptions.
- Section 613-A:6 Prisoner from Another State Summoned to Testify in This State.
- Section 613-A:7 Compliance.
- Section 613-A:8 Exemption from Arrest and Service of Process.
- Section 613-A:9 Uniformity of Interpretation.
CHAPTER 614 — FRESH PURSUIT
- Section 614:1 Authority Granted to Make Arrest.
- Section 614:1-a Reciprocity Requirement.
- Section 614:10 Limitation.
- Section 614:2 Court Hearing.
- Section 614:3 Limitation.
- Section 614:4 Definition.
- Section 614:5 What Constitutes Fresh Pursuit.
- Section 614:6 Separability Clause.
- Section 614:7 Authority Granted to Make Arrest.
- Section 614:8 Court Hearing.
- Section 614:9 What Constitutes Fresh Pursuit.