New Hampshire Supreme Court Case Study

My first step for my research was to see who is involved. Two of the legal issues involve Victor for shooting Dan and for biting a police officer. Victor’s mother is a legal issue for hiding him from the police when questioned if she knew where he was. The police are included for pushing the mother out of the way and entering her home to search and apprehend Victor and shell casings without a search warrant. Also, Benny for throwing the gun used in the shooting over the bridge. The crimes happened in New Hampshire and they are criminal in nature. I searched for the legal terms attempted murder, attempted homicide, manslaughter, assault on a peace officer, assault, aiding and abetting, conspiracy, accessory after the fact, hindering, search and seizure, destroying evidence, and hiding evidence. I used these terms to search the Cornell University website as well as the New Hampshire General Court website to find the …show more content…
He will be charged with RSA 630:1-b Second Degree Murder because there was no premeditation (The New Hampshire General Court, 2015). In The State of New Hampshire v. Rodney Smith, The Supreme Court of New Hampshire upheld both of these charges in July, 2003 (The State of New Hampshire v. Rodney Smith, 2003). My second issue, destroying evidence, is covered under RSA 641:6 Falsifying Physical Evidence. This is a class B felony (The New Hampshire General Court, 2015). I found a similar case, State v. Seth mazzaglia, with similar charges that were upheld in 2014 ( State v. Seth mazzaglia, 2014).

My third issue for the mother denying her son was home falls under RSA 642:3 Hindering Apprehension Or Prosecution (The New Hampshire General Court, 2015). The case of State v. Sean Brown, was upheld by The New Hampshire Supreme court on April 6, 2007 and supports my preceding charges (State v. Sean Brown,