NEW HAMPSHIRE RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

I. SCOPE, INTERPRETATION, ADOPTION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

Rule 1. Scope and Interpretation

Rule 2. Adoption and Effective Date

II. PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS

Rule 3. Complaint, Arrest Warrant, Summons and Release Prior to Arraignment

Rule 4. Initial Proceedings in District Court

Rule 5. Appearance and Appointment of Counsel in District and Superior Court

Rule 6. District Court Probable Cause Hearing

 
III. CHARGING DOCUMENTS IN SUPERIOR COURT

Rule 7. Definitions

Rule 8. The Grand Jury

Rule 9. Waiver of Indictment

IV. ARRAIGNMENT, PLEAS AND PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS

Rule 10. Arraignment in Superior Court

Rule 11. Pleas

Rule 12. Discovery

Rule 13. Discovery Depositions

Rule 14. Notices

Rule 15. Pretrial Motions

Rule 16. Videotape Trial Testimony

Rule 17. Subpoenas

V. TRIAL PROCEDURES

Rule 18. Venue

Rule 19. Transfer of Cases

Rule 20. Joinder of Offenses and Defendants

Rule 21. Trial by the Court or Jury

Rule 22. Selection of Jury

Rule 23. Juror Notes and Written Questions

Rule 24. Trial Procedure

Rule 25. Verdict

Rule 26. Presence of Counsel

Rule 27. Disability of Judge

Rule 28. Communication with Jurors

VI. SENTENCING AND POST-SENTENCE PROCEEDINGS

Rule 29. Sentencing Procedures

Rule 30. Probation Violation

Rule 31. Annulments

VII. APPEALS

Rule 32. Bail Pending Appeal

Rule 33. Transcripts

Rule 34. Deadline for Criminal Appeals

VIII. RULES APPLICABLE IN ALL CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Rule 35. Filings with the Court

Rule 36. Conduct of Attorneys

Rule 37. Suspension of Rules; Violations of the Rules of Court

Rule 38. Plain Error

Rule 39. Assignment to Specific Judges

Rule 40. Recusal

Rule 41. Immunity

Rule 42. Non-Members of the New Hampshire Bar

Rule 43. Motions for Reconsideration.

Rule 44. Special Procedures in Superior Court Regarding Sex Related Offenses Against Children

Rule 45. Criminal Contempt

Rule 46. Photographing, Recording and Broadcasting

Rule 47. Interpreters for Proceedings in Court

Rule 48. Clerk’s Office; Judge’s Chambers; Communications with the Court

Rule 49. Untimely-Filed Guardian ad Litem Reports

Rule 50. Access To Confidential Records -- Fees And Notice

Rule 51. Juror Orientation

Rule 52. Furnishing Information Regarding Competency and Sanity Evaluations

NOTE: The rules as published herein are subject to revisions promulgated from time to time by the New Hampshire Supreme Court and published in the New Hampshire Bar News. See Supreme Court Rules 1 and 51.