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NH Rev Stat § 627:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:8-a - Use of Force by Merchants.

    627:8-a Use of Force by Merchants. –||I. A merchant, or his or her agent, is justified in detaining any person who he or she has reasonable grounds to believe has committed the offense of willful concealment, as defined by RSA 637:3-a, on his or her premises as long as necessary to surrender the person to a peace officer, provided such detention is conducted in a reasonable manner.||II. A motion picture theater owner, or his or her agent, is justified in detaining any person who he or she has reasonable grounds to believe has committed the offense of unauthorized recording in a motion picture theater on his or her premises, as defined by RSA 644:19, as long as necessary to surrender the person to a peace officer, provided such detention is conducted in a reasonable manner.||III. Notwithstanding RSA 594:10, a peace officer may arrest a person who has been detained pursuant to this section, without a warrant, if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed the offense of willful concealment and if the merchant or his or her agent witnessed the offense or if the unlawfully obtained goods or merchandise of the store were recovered from the person.|||Source. 1981, 344:2. 2005, 70:1. 2009, 209:8. 2012, 205:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:8-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:8-b - Detention Powers of County Fair Security Guards.

    627:8-b Detention Powers of County Fair Security Guards. –||I. Any county fair security guard who meets the requirements of paragraph II shall have the power to detain any person who he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed any offense under the laws of the state, on the premises of the county fair association as long as necessary to surrender the person to a peace officer, provided such detention is accomplished in a reasonable manner.||II. Only security guards who have completed a program of police training for part-time police officers, meeting standards established by the New Hampshire police standards and training council pursuant to RSA 106-L:5 and appropriate to a security guard's exercise of limited police powers, shall have the powers of detention granted in paragraph I.|||Source. 1987, 85:1, eff. May 6, 1987. 2017, 206:24, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 627:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 627 - Justification|Section 627:9 - Definitions.

    627:9 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter:||I. "Curtilage" means those outbuildings which are proximately, directly and intimately connected with a dwelling, together with all the land or grounds surrounding the dwelling such as are necessary, convenient, and habitually used for domestic purposes.||II. "Deadly force" means any assault or confinement which the actor commits with the purpose of causing or which he knows to create a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury. Purposely firing a firearm capable of causing serious bodily injury or death in the direction of another person or at a vehicle in which another is believed to be constitutes deadly force.||III. "Dwelling" means any building, structure, vehicle, boat or other place adapted for overnight accommodation of persons, or sections of any place similarly adapted. It is immaterial whether a person is actually present.||IV. "Non-deadly force" means any assault or confinement which does not constitute deadly force. The act of producing or displaying a weapon shall constitute non-deadly force.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1981, 347:3. 2011, 268:4, eff. Nov. 13, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 628:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 628 - Responsibility|Section 628:1 - Immaturity.

    628:1 Immaturity. –||I. Except as provided in paragraph II, a person less than 15 years old is not criminally responsible for his conduct, but may be adjudged to be a juvenile delinquent.||II. Except as provided in paragraph III, a person 13 years of age or older may be held criminally responsible for the following offenses if the person's case is transferred to the superior court under the provisions of RSA 169-B:24:||(a)(1) First degree murder as defined in RSA 630:1-a.||(2) Second degree murder as defined in RSA 630:1-b.||(3) Manslaughter as defined in RSA 630:2.||(b) First degree assault as defined in RSA 631:1.||(c) Second degree assault as defined in RSA 631:2.||(d) Kidnapping as defined in RSA 633:1.||(e) Aggravated felonious sexual assault as defined in RSA 632-A:2.||(f) Criminal restraint as defined in RSA 633:2.||(g) Class A felony robbery as defined in RSA 636:1.||(h) Attempted murder.||(i) Negligent homicide as defined in RSA 630:3, II.||III. If a person is charged after his or her 17th birthday for an offense set forth in paragraph II which is alleged to have been committed when such person was 13 years of age but less than 15 years of age, and the statute of limitations has not expired, and no juvenile petition based on the acts constituting the offense has been filed, the provisions of RSA 169-B:24 shall not apply. In such cases, the superior court shall hold a hearing prior to trial to determine, based on a preponderance of the evidence, whether the defendant may be held criminally responsible. In making such determination, the court shall consider, but shall not be limited to, the following criteria:||(a) The seriousness of the alleged offense to the community;||(b) The aggressive, violent, premeditated, or willful nature of the alleged offense;||(c) Whether the alleged offense was committed against persons or property;||(d) The prosecutorial merit of the charge;||(e) The sophistication and maturity of the defendant at the time of the alleged offense; and||(f) The defendant's prior record and prior contacts with law enforcement as of the date of the hearing.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1988, 204:6. 1995, 308:113. 1998, 381:3. 2003, 265:2. 2004, 158:1, 2, eff. May 24, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 628:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 628 - Responsibility|Section 628:2 - Insanity.

    628:2 Insanity. –||I. A person who is insane at the time he acts is not criminally responsible for his conduct. Any distinction between a statutory and common law defense of insanity is hereby abolished and invocation of such defense waives no right an accused person would otherwise have.||II. The defendant shall have the burden of proving the defense of insanity by clear and convincing evidence.||III. Evidence of insanity is not admissible unless:||(a) The defendant, within 10 days after entering his plea of not guilty or at such later time as the court may for good cause permit, notifies the court and the state of his purpose to rely on such defense; and||(b) Such notice is given at least 30 days before the scheduled commencement of trial.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1982, 34:1. 1987, 13:1, eff. June 2, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 629:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 629 - Inchoate Crimes|Section 629:1 - Attempt.

    629:1 Attempt. –||I. A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if, with a purpose that a crime be committed, he does or omits to do anything which, under the circumstances as he believes them to be, is an act or omission constituting a substantial step toward the commission of the crime.||II. As used in this section, "substantial step" means conduct that is strongly corroborative of the actor's criminal purpose.||III. (a) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the actor voluntarily renounces his criminal purpose by abandoning his effort to commit the crime or otherwise preventing its commission under circumstances manifesting a complete withdrawal of his criminal purpose.||(b) A renunciation is not "voluntary" if it is substantially motivated by circumstances the defendant was not aware of at the inception of his conduct which increase the probability of his detection or which make more difficult the commission of the crime. Renunciation is not complete if the purpose is to postpone the criminal conduct until a more advantageous time or to transfer the criminal effort to another but similar objective or victim.||IV. The penalty for attempt is the same as that authorized for the crime that was attempted, except that in the case of attempt to commit murder the punishment shall be imprisonment for life or such other term as the court shall order.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 126:5. 1999, 158:3, eff. June 28, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 629:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 629 - Inchoate Crimes|Section 629:2 - Criminal Solicitation.

    629:2 Criminal Solicitation. –||I. A person is guilty of criminal solicitation if, with a purpose that another engage in conduct constituting a crime, he commands, solicits or requests such other person to engage in such conduct.||II. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the actor renounced his criminal purpose by persuading the other not to engage in the criminal conduct or by otherwise preventing commission of the crime under circumstances manifesting a purpose that it not occur.||III. It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the person solicited would be immune from liability for engaging in the criminal conduct by virtue of irresponsibility, incapacity or exemption.||IV. The penalty for criminal solicitation is the same as that authorized for the crime that was solicited, except that in the case of solicitation of murder the punishment shall be imprisonment for a term of not more than 30 years.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1999, 158:2, eff. June 28, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 629:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 629 - Inchoate Crimes|Section 629:3 - Conspiracy.

    629:3 Conspiracy. –||I. A person is guilty of conspiracy if, with a purpose that a crime defined by statute be committed, he agrees with one or more persons to commit or cause the commission of such crime, and an overt act is committed by one of the conspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy.||II. For purposes of paragraph I, "one or more persons" includes, but is not limited to, persons who are immune from criminal liability by virtue of irresponsibility, incapacity or exemption.||III. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this statute that the actor renounces his criminal purpose by giving timely notice to a law enforcement official of the conspiracy and of the actor's part in it, or by conduct designed to prevent commission of the crime agreed upon.||IV. The penalty for conspiracy is the same as that authorized for the crime that was the object of the conspiracy, except that in the case of a conspiracy to commit murder the punishment shall be imprisonment for a term of not more than 30 years.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1999, 158:1, eff. June 28, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 630:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 630 - Homicide|Section 630:1 - Capital Murder.

    630:1 Capital Murder. –||I. A person is guilty of capital murder if he knowingly causes the death of:||(a) A law enforcement officer or a judicial officer acting in the line of duty or when the death is caused as a consequence of or in retaliation for such person's actions in the line of duty;||(b) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit kidnapping as that offense is defined in RSA 633:1;||(c) Another by criminally soliciting a person to cause said death or after having been criminally solicited by another for his personal pecuniary gain;||(d) Another after being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole pursuant to RSA 630:1-a, III;||(e) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit aggravated felonious sexual assault as defined in RSA 632-A:2;||(f) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit an offense punishable under RSA 318-B:26, I(a) or (b); or||(g) Another, who is licensed or privileged to be within an occupied structure, or separately secured or occupied section thereof, before, after, or while in the commission of, or while attempting to commit, burglary as defined in RSA 635:1.||II. As used in this section, a "law enforcement officer" is a sheriff or deputy sheriff of any county, a state police officer, a constable or police officer of any city or town, an official or employee of any prison, jail or corrections institution, a probation-parole officer, or a conservation officer.||II-a. As used in this section, a "judicial officer" is a judge of a district, probate, superior or supreme court; an attorney employed by the department of justice or a municipal prosecutor's office; or a county attorney; or attorney employed by the county attorney.||III. A person convicted of a capital murder shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility for parole.||IV. As used in this section, the meaning of "another" shall not include a fetus.||V. In no event shall any person under the age of 18 years at the time the offense was committed be culpable of a capital murder.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1974, 34:1. 1977, 440:1; 588:41. 1988, 69:1, 2. 1990, 199:1. 1994, 128:1, 2. 2005, 35:1. 2011, 222:2, eff. July 1, 2011. 2017, 188:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2019, 42:1, eff. May 30, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 630:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 630 - Homicide|Section 630:1-a - First Degree Murder.

    630:1-a First Degree Murder. –||I. A person is guilty of murder in the first degree if he:||(a) Purposely causes the death of another; or||(b) Knowingly causes the death of:||(1) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit felonious sexual assault as defined in RSA 632-A:3;||(2) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit robbery or burglary while armed with a deadly weapon, the death being caused by the use of such weapon;||(3) Another in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate arson as defined in RSA 634:1, I, II, or III;||(4) The president or president-elect or vice-president or vice-president-elect of the United States, the governor or governor-elect of New Hampshire or any state or any member or member-elect of the congress of the United States, or any candidate for such office after such candidate has been nominated at his party's primary, when such killing is motivated by knowledge of the foregoing capacity of the victim.||II. For the purpose of RSA 630:1-a, I(a), "purposely" shall mean that the actor's conscious object is the death of another, and that his act or acts in furtherance of that object were deliberate and premeditated.||III. A person convicted of a murder in the first degree shall be sentenced to life imprisonment and shall not be eligible for parole at any time.||IV. For the purposes of this section and RSA 630:1-b, RSA 630:2, RSA 630:3, and RSA 630:4, the meaning of "another" shall include a fetus as defined in paragraph V.||V. (a) Nothing in paragraph IV shall apply to:||(1) Any act committed by the pregnant woman;||(2) Any act committed at the request or direction of the pregnant woman or for the benefit of the pregnant woman;||(3) Any act performed by a physician or other medical professional in the course of such physician's or medical professional's professional duties, including but not limited to, an act that results in the termination of a pregnancy; or||(4) Any act taken in furtherance of the lawful dispensation or administration of prescription or nonprescription medication.||(b) In this section:||(1) "Fetus" means an unborn offspring, from the embryo stage which is the end of the twentieth week after conception or, in the case of in vitro fertilization, the end of the twentieth week after implantation, until birth.||(2) "Pregnant" means the female reproductive condition of having one or more developing embryos or fetuses implanted in the uterus or elsewhere in the female body.||(3) "Pregnancy" means one or more developing embryos or fetuses implanted in the uterus or elsewhere in the female body.|||Source. 1974, 34:2. 1986, 132:3. 1990, 199:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. 2017, 188:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 630:1-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 630 - Homicide|Section 630:1-b - Second Degree Murder.

    630:1-b Second Degree Murder. –||I. A person is guilty of murder in the second degree if:||(a) He knowingly causes the death of another; or||(b) He causes such death recklessly under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life. Such recklessness and indifference are presumed if the actor causes the death by the use of a deadly weapon in the commission of, or in an attempt to commit, or in immediate flight after committing or attempting to commit any class A felony.||II. Murder in the second degree shall be punishable by imprisonment for life or for such term as the court may order.|||Source. 1974, 34:2, eff. April 15, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 630:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 630 - Homicide|Section 630:2 - Manslaughter.

    630:2 Manslaughter. –||I. A person is guilty of manslaughter when he causes the death of another:||(a) Under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance caused by extreme provocation but which would otherwise constitute murder; or||(b) Recklessly.||II. Manslaughter shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of not more than 30 years.||III. In addition to any other penalty imposed, if the death of another person resulted from the driving of a motor vehicle, the court may revoke the license or driving privilege of the convicted person indefinitely. In a case in which alcohol was involved, the court may also require that the convicted person shall not have a license to drive reinstated until after the division of motor vehicles receives certification of installation of an ignition interlock device as described in RSA 265-A:36, which shall remain in place for a period not to exceed 5 years.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1974, 34:3. 1979, 126:4. 2000, 318:1, eff. June 21, 2000. 2017, 243:3, eff. July 18, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 630:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 630 - Homicide|Section 630:3 - Negligent Homicide.

    630:3 Negligent Homicide. –||I. A person is guilty of a class B felony when he causes the death of another negligently.||II. A person is guilty of a class A felony when in consequence of being under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled drug or any combination of intoxicating liquor and controlled drug while operating a propelled vehicle, as defined in RSA 637:9, III or a boat as defined in RSA 265-A:1, II, he or she causes the death of another.||III. In addition to any other penalty imposed, if the death of another person resulted from the negligent driving of a motor vehicle, the court may revoke the license or driving privilege of the convicted person for up to 7 years. In cases where the person is convicted under paragraph II, the court shall revoke the license or driving privilege of the convicted person indefinitely and the person shall not petition for eligibility to reapply for a driver's license for at least 7 years. In a case in which alcohol was involved, the court may also require that the convicted person shall not have a license to drive reinstated until after the division of motor vehicles receives certification of installation of an ignition interlock device as described in RSA 265-A:36, which shall remain in place for a period not to exceed 5 years.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1977, 588:40. 1985, 290:2. 1989, 415:2. 1992, 257:10. 1993, 272:2. 2000, 287:4; 318:2. 2006, 260:32, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 630:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 630 - Homicide|Section 630:4 - Causing or Aiding Suicide.

    630:4 Causing or Aiding Suicide. –||I. A person is guilty of causing or aiding suicide if he purposely aids or solicits another to commit suicide.||II. Causing or aiding suicide is a class B felony if the actor's conduct causes such suicide or an attempted suicide. Otherwise it is a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 630:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 630 - Homicide|Section 630:6 - Place; Witnesses.

    630:6 Place;  Witnesses. –||The punishment of death shall be inflicted within the walls or yard of the state prison. The sheriff of the county in which the person was convicted, and 2 of his deputies, shall be present, unless prevented by unavoidable casualty. He shall request the presence of the attorney general or county attorney, clerk of the court and a surgeon, and may admit other reputable citizens not exceeding 12, the relations of the convict, his counsel and such priest or clergyman as he may desire, and no others.|||Source. 1974, 34:10, eff. April 15, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 631:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXII - Criminal Code|Title 631 - Assault and Related Offenses|Section 631:1 - First Degree Assault.

    631:1 First Degree Assault. –||I. A person is guilty of a class A felony if he:||(a) Purposely causes serious bodily injury to another; or||(b) Purposely or knowingly causes bodily injury to another by means of a deadly weapon, except that if the deadly weapon is a firearm, he shall be sentenced in accordance with RSA 651:2, II-g; or||(c) Purposely or knowingly causes injury to another resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth; or||(d) Knowingly or recklessly causes serious bodily injury to a person under 13 years of age.||II. In this section:||(a) "Miscarriage" means the interruption of the normal development of the fetus other than by a live birth and not an induced abortion, resulting in the complete expulsion or extraction of a fetus; and||(b) "Stillbirth" means the death of a fetus prior to complete expulsion or extraction and not an induced abortion.||III. (a) Upon proof that the victim and defendant were intimate partners or family or household members, as those terms are defined in RSA 631:2-b, III, a conviction under this section shall be recorded as "first degree assault-domestic violence."||(b) In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, the court shall levy a fine of $50 for each conviction recorded as "first degree assault-domestic violence" under this paragraph. The court shall not reduce or suspend any sentence or the payment of any fine imposed under this paragraph and no fine imposed under this paragraph shall be subject to an additional penalty assessment. If the court determines that the defendant is unable to pay the fine on the date imposed, the court may defer payment or order periodic payments thereof. The clerk shall forward all fines collected under this paragraph to the department of health and human services for the purposes of RSA 173-B:15. The provisions of RSA 618:8 and RSA 618:9 shall not apply to a fine imposed under this paragraph.|||Source. 1971, 518:1. 1979, 126:1. 1990, 95:2. 1991, 75:1. 1992, 71:1. 2014, 152:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2017, 90:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.|