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NH Rev Stat § 605:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 605 - Pleas and Refusal to Plead|Section 605:3 - Plea of Lesser Offense.

    605:3 Plea of Lesser Offense. –||A person indicted may plead guilty of any minor offense which is included in the indictment, and if such plea is accepted by the state's counsel, judgment shall be rendered thereon.|||Source. 1850, 962:5. CS 240:6. GS 243:5. GL 261:6. PS 254:6. PL 368:7. RL 428:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 605:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 605 - Pleas and Refusal to Plead|Section 605:4 - Nonacceptance of Plea.

    605:4 Nonacceptance of Plea. –||If a plea of guilty to a minor offense tendered under RSA 605:3 is not accepted, it may be withdrawn and a plea of not guilty may be entered, and in such case the former plea shall not operate against the accused at his trial.|||Source. 1850, 962:5. CS 240:6. GS 243:5. GL 261:6. PS 254:6. PL 368:8. RL 428:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 605:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 605 - Pleas and Refusal to Plead|Section 605:5 - Refusal to Plead.

    605:5 Refusal to Plead. –||Whenever a person indicted stands mute or refuses to plead, the court shall order the plea of not guilty to be entered, and it shall have the same effect as if the accused had pleaded not guilty.|||Source. RS 225:4. CS 240:5. GS 243:3. GL 261:3. PS 254:3. PL 368:4. RL 428:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 605:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 605 - Pleas and Refusal to Plead|Section 605:6 - Plea of Nolo Contendere.

    605:6 Plea of Nolo Contendere. –||A plea of nolo contendere may be accepted in any criminal case, and when such a plea is accepted, the court or justice may enter a finding of guilty upon such plea. Evidence of a plea of nolo contendere or of the finding entered thereon shall not be admissible in any civil action against the defendant.|||Source. 1967, 197:1, eff. Aug. 13, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:1 - Impanelling Jury.

    606:1 Impanelling Jury. –||Petit jurors attending the court may be impanelled for the trial of any criminal case and may be examined as in civil cases and otherwise, as to their fitness and capacity to perform the duty of jurors on the trial.|||Source. RS 176:21. CS 186:22. GS 243:6. GL 261:7. PS 254:7. PL 368:9. RL 428:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:2 - Oath of Jurors.

    606:2 Oath of Jurors. –||The following oath shall be administered to petit jurors in criminal cases: You solemnly swear or affirm that you will carefully consider the evidence and the law presented to you in this case and that you will deliver a fair and true verdict as to the charge or charges against the defendant. So help you God.|||Source. RS 176:22. CS 186:23. GS 243:7. GL 261:8. PS 254:8. PL 368:10. RL 428:10. RSA 606:2. 1989, 5:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:3 - Challenges; Defendant.

    606:3 Challenges;  Defendant. –||Every person arraigned and put on trial for an offense may, in addition to challenges for cause or unless he stands wilfully mute, peremptorily challenge:||I. 20 jurors for capital murder.||II. 15 jurors for murder in the first degree.||III. 3 jurors in any other case.|||Source. RS 225:5. CS 240:7. 1859, 2213:1. GS 243:8. GL 261:9. PS 254:9. 1919, 40:1. PL 368:11. RL 428:11. RSA 606:3. 1974, 34:5. 1993, 143:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:4 - Challenges; State.

    606:4 Challenges;  State. –||The state shall be entitled to the following number of peremptory challenges, in addition to challenges for cause, in the following cases:||I. Upon the trial for capital murder, 10 challenges.||II. Upon the trial for murder in the first degree, 15 challenges.||III. Upon the trial for any other case, 3 challenges.|||Source. GS 243:9. 1877, 6:1. GL 261:10. 1879, 57:31. PS 254:10. 1919, 40:1. PL 368:12. RL 428:12. RSA 606:4. 1974, 34:6. 1979, 283:1. 1993, 143:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:5 - Custody of Jury.

    606:5 Custody of Jury. –||The jury impanelled to try any criminal case may be kept separate from all other persons during the trial, if, upon cause shown, the court shall so order, and not otherwise.|||Source. GS 243:12. GL 261:12. PS 254:11. 1919, 48:1. PL 368:13. RL 428:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:6 - Rebutting Evidence.

    606:6 Rebutting Evidence. –||In capital cases witnesses may be called in behalf of the state to rebut or explain any evidence of new matter offered by the defendant, or to discredit his witnesses, though the names of such witnesses have not been furnished to the defendant, but time may be allowed the defendant to answer such evidence, if, in the opinion of the court, justice shall require it.|||Source. 1843, 34:17. CS 240:4. GS 243:11. GL 261:11. PS 254:12. PL 368:14. RL 428:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:7 - Waiver of Jury Trial in Certain Cases.

    606:7 Waiver of Jury Trial in Certain Cases. –||Any defendant in the superior court in a criminal case other than a capital case may, if he shall so elect, when called upon to plead, or later and before a jury has been impanelled to try him, waive his right to trial by jury by signing a written waiver thereof and filing the same with the clerk of the court, whereupon he shall be tried by the court instead of by a jury, but not, however, unless all the defendants, if there are 2 or more to be tried together for the same offense, shall have exercised such election before a jury has been impanelled to try any of the defendants. In every such case the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and try the case and render judgment and sentence thereon.|||Source. 1933, 96:1. RL 428:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:8 - Offenses Punishable by Imprisonment Not Exceeding One Year.

    606:8 Offenses Punishable by Imprisonment Not Exceeding One Year. –||Six persons shall constitute a jury for the trial in the superior court of any offense punishable by imprisonment for any period not exceeding one year.|||Source. 1973, 485:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:9 - Procedure; Challenges.

    606:9 Procedure;  Challenges. –||Trials by juries of 6 shall proceed in accordance with provisions of law applicable to trials of criminal cases in the superior court, except that the number of peremptory challenges shall be limited to 2 for each defendant. The state shall be entitled to as many challenges as equal the whole number to which all the defendants in the case are entitled.|||Source. 1973, 485:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 606:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606 - Trial|Section 606:10 - Appeals by the State.

    606:10 Appeals by the State. –||I. As used in this section, "order" shall mean any decision by a court on a question of law including, but not limited to, any order, ruling, decision or judgment.||II. An appeal may be taken by the state in criminal cases on questions of law from the district or municipal courts or from the superior court to the supreme court from:||(a) An order of the court prior to trial which suppresses any evidence including, but not limited to, physical or identification evidence or evidence of a confession or admission;||(b) An order prior to trial which prevents the state from obtaining evidence;||(c) A pretrial dismissal of an indictment, information or complaint; or||(d) Any other order of the court prior to trial if, either because of the nature of the order in question or because of the particular circumstances of the case, there is a reasonable likelihood that such order will cause either serious impairment to or termination of the prosecution of any case.||III. An appeal may be taken by the state from the superior court or the district or municipal courts to the supreme court, after trial and after a finding of guilty by a jury or the court, from:||(a) The granting of a motion for a new trial;||(b) Dismissal; or||(c) Any other order requiring a new trial or resulting in termination of the prosecution in favor of the accused if an appeal of such order would be permitted by the double jeopardy provisions of the constitutions of the United States and New Hampshire.||IV. An appeal taken pursuant to paragraph II shall be taken before the defendant has been placed in jeopardy.||V. No appeal may be taken pursuant to this section unless the attorney general approves such appeal. Written approval of the attorney general shall be filed:||(a) At the time the notice of the appeal is filed; or||(b) Within 5 business days, if the attorney for the state filing the notice of appeal states in such notice that the attorney general has orally given his approval.||VI. The provisions of this section shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose of insuring that the state is able to proceed to trial with all of the evidence which it is legally entitled to introduce, in view of the limited ability of the state to have error reviewed after trial.||VII. The supreme court may adopt rules implementing the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1985, 32:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 606-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606-A - Agreement on Detainers|Section 606-A:2 - Definition.

    606-A:2 Definition. –||The phrase "appropriate court" as used in the agreement on detainers shall, with reference to the courts of this state, mean the municipal court, the district court or the superior court.|||Source. 1959, 107:2. 1977, 588:20, eff. Sept. 16, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 606-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606-A - Agreement on Detainers|Section 606-A:3 - Enforcement of Agreement.

    606-A:3 Enforcement of Agreement. –||All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this state and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainers and to cooperate with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purpose.|||Source. 1959, 107:3, eff. July 17, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 606-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606-A - Agreement on Detainers|Section 606-A:4 - Application.

    606-A:4 Application. –||Nothing in this chapter or in the agreement on detainers shall be construed to require the application of the habitual offenders law to any person on account of any conviction had in a proceeding brought to final disposition by reason of the use of said agreement.|||Source. 1959, 107:4, eff. July 17, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 606-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606-A - Agreement on Detainers|Section 606-A:5 - Duty of Warden.

    606-A:5 Duty of Warden. –||It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the warden or other official in charge of a penal or correctional institution in this state to give over the person of any inmate thereof whenever so required by the operation of the agreement on detainers.|||Source. 1959, 107:5, eff. July 17, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 606-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 606-A - Agreement on Detainers|Section 606-A:6 - Compact Administrator.

    606-A:6 Compact Administrator. –||The governor may designate an officer of the state to act as compact administrator of and information agent for the agreement.|||Source. 1959, 107:6, eff. July 17, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:1 - Definition.

    607-A:1 Definition. –||In this chapter, "felony" means:||I. A crime committed against the laws of this state or of the federal government for which a sentence of death or imprisonment in the state prison or a federal prison or penitentiary; or||II. A crime committed against the laws of another state for which a sentence of death or imprisonment in a prison or penitentiary is imposed, if the act would permit a sentence of death or imprisonment in the state prison in this state had it been committed in this state.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:2 - Rights Lost.

    607-A:2 Rights Lost. –||I. (a) A person sentenced for a felony, from the time of his or her sentence until his or her final discharge, may not:||(1) Vote in an election, but if execution of sentence is suspended with or without the defendant being placed on probation or he or she is paroled after commitment to imprisonment, the correctional facility shall provide the offender written notice that he or she may vote during the period of the suspension or parole; or||(2) Seek the nomination of a political party or become a candidate for or hold public office.||(b) In this paragraph, "final discharge" means the release of a prisoner from incarceration. A person who is on probation or parole shall be considered to be finally discharged for the purpose of this section.||II. A public office held at the time of sentence is forfeited as of the date of the sentence if the sentence is in this state or, if the sentence is in another state or in a federal court, as of the date a certification of the sentence from the sentencing court is filed in the office of secretary of state, who shall receive and file it as a public document. An appeal or other proceeding taken to set aside or otherwise nullify the conviction or sentence does not affect the application of this section, but if the conviction is reversed the defendant shall be restored to any public office forfeited under this chapter from the time of the reversal and shall be entitled to the emoluments thereof from the time of the forfeiture.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967. 2015, 99:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2015. 2019, 170:2, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:3 - Rights Retained by Convicted Person.

    607-A:3 Rights Retained by Convicted Person. –||Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or by the constitution of this state, a person convicted of a crime does not suffer civil death or corruption of blood or sustain loss of civil rights or forfeiture of estate or property, but retains all of his rights, political, personal, civil, and otherwise, including the right to hold public office or employment, to vote, to hold, receive, and transfer property, to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued, and to hold offices of private trust in accordance with law.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:4 - Savings Provisions.

    607-A:4 Savings Provisions. –||I. This chapter does not affect the power of a court, otherwise given by law, to impose sentence, to suspend imposition or execution of sentence on any conditions, or to impose conditions of probation, or the power of the adult parole board to impose conditions of parole.||II. This chapter does not deprive or restrict the authority and powers of officials of a penal institution or other penal facility, otherwise provided by law, for the administration of the institution or facility or for the control of the conduct and conditions of confinement of a convicted person in their custody.||III. This chapter does not affect the qualifications or disqualifications otherwise required or imposed by law for a designated office, public or private, for service as a juror, for voting, or for any designated profession, trust, or position or any designated license or privilege conferred by public authority.||IV. This chapter does not affect the rights of others arising out of the conviction or out of the conduct on which the conviction is based and not dependent upon the doctrines of civil death, the loss of civil rights, the forfeiture of estate, or corruption of blood.||V. This chapter does not affect laws governing rights of inheritance of a murderer from his victim.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:5 - Certificate of Discharge.

    607-A:5 Certificate of Discharge. –||I. If the sentence was imposed in this state, the order, certificate, or other instrument of discharge given to a person sentenced for a felony upon his discharge after completion of service of his sentence or after service under probation or parole shall state that the defendant's rights to vote and to hold any future public office, of which he was deprived by this chapter, are thereby restored and that he suffers no other disability by virtue of his conviction and sentence except as otherwise provided by this chapter. A copy of the order or other instrument of discharge shall be filed with the clerk of the court of conviction.||II. If the sentence was imposed in another state or in a federal court and the convicted person has similarly been discharged by the appropriate authorities, the governor of this state, upon application and proof of the discharge in such form as the governor may require, shall issue a certificate stating that the rights enumerated in paragraph I have been restored to the defendant under the laws of this state.||III. If another state having a similar act issues its certificate of discharge to a convicted person stating that the defendant's rights have been restored, the rights of which he was deprived in this state under this chapter are restored to him in this state.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:6 - Uniformity of Interpretation.

    607-A:6 Uniformity of Interpretation. –||This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:7 - Short Title.

    607-A:7 Short Title. –||This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 607-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 607-A - Uniform Act on Status of Convicted Persons|Section 607-A:8 - Severability.

    607-A:8 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions of the chapter are severable.|||Source. 1967, 289:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 608:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 608 - Surety of the Peace|Section 608:1 - Complaint.

    608:1 Complaint. –||Anyone fearing that another person may do injury to himself, his family or property may make complaint thereof, under oath, before a justice, who shall, by warrant, cause the person accused to be brought before him or some other justice for examination.|||Source. RS 222:9. CS 237:9. GS 238:1. 1868, 1:53. GL 256:1. PS 259:1. PL 373:1. RL 433:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 608:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 608 - Surety of the Peace|Section 608:2 - Order.

    608:2 Order. –||If, upon hearing the parties and their evidence, it appears to the justice that there is just cause to fear that the offense described in the complaint filed under RSA 608:1 may be committed, he may order the party named in the complaint to recognize, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum, to keep the peace toward all the people of the state, and especially toward the complainant, for a term not exceeding one year, to pay costs of prosecution, and to stand committed until the order is complied with.|||Source. RS 222:9. CS 237:9. GS 238:2. GL 256:2. PS 259:2. PL 373:2. RL 433:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 608:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 608 - Surety of the Peace|Section 608:3 - Appeal.

    608:3 Appeal. –||The party ordered to recognize may appeal to the superior court at the next term to be held for the county on giving the security required by the order and security to pay such costs as may be awarded against him on the appeal.|||Source. GS 238:3. GL 256:3. PS 259:3. PL 373:3. RL 433:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 608:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 608 - Surety of the Peace|Section 608:4 - Order.

    608:4 Order. –||The superior court may affirm the order issued under RSA 608:2, discharge the appellant, or require him to enter into a new recognizance, with sufficient sureties, in such sum and for such time as it may think proper, and may make such order in relation to the costs of prosecution as may be deemed just.|||Source. GS 238:4. GL 256:4. PS 259:4. PL 373:4. RL 433:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 608:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 608 - Surety of the Peace|Section 608:5 - Failure to Prosecute Appeal.

    608:5 Failure to Prosecute Appeal. –||If the appellant fails to prosecute his appeal, his recognizance shall remain in force, and the court may award such costs to the complainant as it deems just.|||Source. GS 238:5. GL 256:5. PS 259:5. PL 373:5. RL 433:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 608:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 608 - Surety of the Peace|Section 608:6 - Recognizing after Committal.

    608:6 Recognizing after Committal. –||A person committed for not finding sureties or refusing to recognize as required by the court or magistrate may recognize agreeably to the order before any justice, and, on payment of the costs of his application, he shall be discharged.|||Source. GS 238:6. GL 256:6. PS 259:6. PL 373:6. RL 433:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 608:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LIX - Proceedings in Criminal Cases|Title 608 - Surety of the Peace|Section 608:7 - Certifying to Court.

    608:7 Certifying to Court. –||Every recognizance taken in pursuance of the foregoing provisions shall be transmitted by the justice to the superior court for the county on or before the first day of the next term, and shall be filed by the clerk.|||Source. GS 238:7. GL 256:7. PS 259:7. PL 373:7. RL 433:7.|