| 00-366 | State of NH | v. | Sanchez,* Miguel |
| Attorney General | Appellate Defender Stephen A. Cherry |
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| Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute - sufficiency of evidence; failure to appoint new counsel at sentencing hearing; ineffective assistance of counsel | |||
| 00-573 | Starr,* Darren & a. | v. | Governor, Commissioner, NH |
pro se |
Department of Corrections Attorney General |
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| Prison canteen sales - surcharge for victim's assistance fund; whether RSA 261:5 violates plaintiffs' equal protection and due process rights; violation of ex post facto prohibitions | |||
| 01-039 | State of NH | v. | Looney,* William |
| Attorney General | Appellate Defender Richard E. Samdperil |
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| First degree assault, aggravated driving while intoxicated, felony conduct after accident, second degree assault, criminal mischief, disobeying a police officer – sufficiency of evidence; whether police officer voluntarily working security detail at nightclub is a law enforcement officer acting in line of duty; admission of photographs; denial of request to reinstruct jury so that jury could consider lesser included offenses | |||
| 01-194 | Muldowney,* Mark | v. | Nashua-Somerset Associates, LP |
| pro se | Robert W. Watson, Jr., manager, pro se | ||
| Landlord-tenant – return of security deposit; awarding "reletting fee" to landlord when lease does not provide for such a fee | |||
| 01-296 | State of NH | v. | Knight,* Mark |
| Attorney General | Appellate Defender Joseph C. Malfitani |
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| Felonious sexual assault – whether court erred by excluding juvenile delinquency records of victim and her brother | |||
| 01-311 | State of NH | v. | Locke, Danny* |
| Attorney General | Appellate Defender Katherine Cooper |
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| Second degree murder, first degree assault, conspiracy to commit murder – numerous issues including whether defendant was in custody during police interrogation; denial of speedy trial; failure to dismiss second degree murder indictment based on admission by attorney general; failure to admit attorney general's statement as admission of party opponent; limitations on cross-examination; sufficiency of evidence | |||
| 01-315 | Hamilton, Heather | v. | Borak,* Mark |
| John A. Macoul | Jean-Claude Sakellarios |
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| Domestic violence – whether court erred by requiring defendant to pay more child support than is called for under guidelines; whether court erred by amending its temporary order to a final order; whether final order on domestic violence petition was unfair as being less remedial than punitive | |||
| 01-321 | Kesney,* Judith, Petition of | ||
| Ann N. Butenhof Judith Jones Attorney General |
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| Medical assistance – whether department violated Medicaid law by conditioning petitioner's eligibility on signing a reimbursement agreement; whether notices were confusing and violated due process; sufficiency of evidence; failure to inform petitioner that her effort to satisfy a verification request was inadequate; whether request for fair hearing encompassed termination of "Medicare buy-in" benefits | |||
| 01-324 | In re Alyssa L. In re Joshua L. In re David D. |
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| John J.A. Schrepfer, for mother* Attorney General |
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| Termination of parental rights – numerous issues including sufficiency of evidence; whether statutory amendment was retroactively applied; erroneous reliance upon DCYF's social study and GAL report; whether failure to find housing due to financial constraints justified termination; whether termination was in children's best interests | |||
| 01-325 | Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation | v. | Groff,* David M., Esquire |
| Arnold Rosenblatt | Peter G. Beeson David P. Eby |
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| Legal malpractice, breach of contract – numerous issues including erroneous imposition of vicarious liability; whether court erred in holding attorney liable under subrogation claim; exclusion of new agency agreement form used by plaintiff; whether seller's fraud constituted superseding intervening cause; award of attorney's fees; whether fees awarded were excessive | |||
| 01-329 | In the Matter of Jeanne Jasper O’Neil and
Norman E. O’Neil Attempted intervenor, Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc.* |
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| Patrick F. Harrigan for Ms. O’Neil Norman E. O’Neil, pro se John L. Ahlgren for Wells Fargo |
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| Divorce – whether family division has authority to permit creditor to intervene in divorce proceeding; whether court erred by adopting language in permanent stipulation that may extinguish attachment on marital residence; whether divorce decree extinguished creditor's attachment | |||
| 01-335 | State of NH | v. | Hoag,* Kenneth E. |
| Attorney General | Appellate Defender James D. Quay Dawnangela Minton |
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| Aggravated felonious sexual assault, felonious sexual assault, kidnapping, criminal restraint – whether failure of trial court to review victim's counseling records was harmless error | |||
| 01-337 | Hultgren,* Paul N., June T. Hultgren | v. | Drouin, Richard N., Jean M. Drouin |
| Edmond J. Ford Marc W. McDonald |
Elaine Baillargeon | ||
| Misrepresentation, breach of warranty covenants – default; granting motion to dismiss due to lack of objection; whether petition states a claim; whether court erred in failing to vacate default | |||
| 01-341 | State of NH | v. | Michaud,* David |
| Attorney General | Appellate Defender James H. Moir |
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| Witness tampering – failure to sever charges; failure of trial judge to recuse himself; failure to compel production of police records; failure to set aside verdict due to alleged Giglio violations by State | |||
| 01-343 | State of NH | v. | Fowle,* James L. |
| Attorney General | Paul Twomey |
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| Criminal threatening – sufficiency of evidence; whether court erred by limiting production of victim's mental health record to a period of six months prior to date of offense | |||
| 01-344 | Drew,* Douglas, Appeal of | ||
| John P. McGee, Jr. for Mr. Drew Paul B. Kleinman for Vivax Medical Corporation (now defunct; possibly now known as Mediq/PRN Life Support Services, Inc.) and Royal and Sunalliance Insurance Co. Attorney General |
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| Workers' compensation – whether employment agreement had been modified to reduce average weekly wage; whether petitioner was no longer temporarily totally disabled; whether employer proved that numerous jobs existed that would restore petitioner to his prior earnings | |||
| 01-352 | State of NH | v. | McCooey,* John D |
| Attorney General | Edward T. Clancy |
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| Disorderly conduct – sufficiency of evidence; whether defendant can be guilty of disorderly conduct for sarcastic comment made at school absent any showing of school disturbance | |||
| 01-382 | Progressive Northern Insurance Company* | v. | Commerce Insurance Company |
| Robert E. Murphy, Jr. John A. Lassey |
Paul B. Kleinman | ||
| Automobile liability insurance – whether court misconstrued policy provisions; whether there exists a rational interpretation of policies favoring coverage; whether court erred by applying Massachusetts rule of construction that ambiguity is not construed against the insurer | |||
| 01-392 | State of NH | v | Gifford, Matthew |
| *Honorable Richard E. Galway filed interlocutory transfer | |||
| Attorney General | Appellate Defender Julia M. Nye |
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| Aggravated felonious sexual assault, felonious sexual assault – whether RSA 628:1 bars the prosecution of a 22-year-old defendant for sexual assaults committed while he was 13 years old; interlocutory transfer without ruling | |||