New Hampshire Supreme Court

Pamela Smart is seeking a new trial in her 1990s murder case, arguing prosecutors misled jurors with transcripts containing inaudible words from secretly recorded conversations. A New Hampshire judge has not yet ruled on her habeas corpus petition, which claims the transcripts influenced jurors' interpretation of the recordings.

Pamela Smart, serving a life sentence for being convicted of orchestrating her husband's murder in 1990, has filed a petition for a new trial citing constitutional violations. Her lawyers argue that inaccurate transcripts of recorded conversations and jury instructions influenced the verdict, while state attorneys claim her claims were already addressed in prior appeals.

Robert Tulloch, who was convicted of murdering two Dartmouth professors as a teenager over 25 years ago, will be resentenced after a court ruled mandatory life sentences for juveniles unconstitutional. The resentencing hearing, set to begin Monday, could replace his life without parole sentences with 30 to 40 years in prison.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed a father's second-degree murder conviction for his 5-year-old daughter's death, sending the charge back for retrial while upholding other convictions. The court ruled combining assault and murder charges risked an unfair trial, and the state plans to retry the murder charge.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed Adam Montgomery's second-degree murder conviction for his 5-year-old daughter's death, ruling that combining the assault charge with murder evidence risked an unfair trial. The court upheld other charges but sent the murder case back for retrial.