Mandatory attendance for sentencing bill hits roadblock
CONCORD — A bill prompted by Adam Montgomery’s initial refusal to attend his sentencing on a murder conviction has run into a major roadblock in the state Senate after corrections
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CONCORD — A bill prompted by Adam Montgomery’s initial refusal to attend his sentencing on a murder conviction has run into a major roadblock in the state Senate after corrections
THE DOMINOES keep falling.
A bill to allow people in NH with less than six months to live to use medical aid in dying easily survived a challenge in the New Hampshire House.
Under the federal rules of criminal procedure, defendants are allowed to be absent from the courtroom in non-capital cases if they so choose after a trial has begun.
Adam Montgomery asked a judge Thursday to allow him to skip his sentencing hearing after being found guilty last month of murdering his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony.