Courts & Corrections
Belmont Man Accused in Mother’s Murder
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Nicholas Murphy will be arraigned at Belknap County Superior Court on April 17, 2020.
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Nicholas Murphy will be arraigned at Belknap County Superior Court on April 17, 2020.
Access to Judicial Branch buildings will be limited as follows through May 4, 2020:
People could face misdemeanor charges and businesses could be charged with felonies in some cases for violating emergency orders, Attorney General MacDonald said.
The announcement came the same day ACLU-NH and the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers asked state officials to release the most vulnerable inmates from jails and prisons when possible due to COVID-19.
The cause of death was trauma to her head and neck,
New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that officials are responding to a suspicious death in Belmont, New Hampshire. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
Subject to exceptions, all in-person proceedings in the Circuit, Superior and Supreme Courts are suspended from close of business on Monday, March 16, 2020 through April 6, 2020.
This includes in-person attorney visits. The Department of Corrections will make accommodations for electronic attorney/client activity. In addition, upcoming tours and events are postponed for at least 30 days.
Gov. Chris Sununu announced the activation of the Emergency Operations Center on Friday to assist in the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak with six individuals having tested positive so far in New Hampshire – three each in Grafton and Rockingham counties.