HORTON, J., retired, specially assigned under RSA 490:3.
The defendant, Michael Lieber, was convicted of criminal contempt by the Manchester District Court (Lyons, J.) after he refused to be transported for a probable cause hearing. The defendant appeals the court's use of its direct contempt power to sanction him for failing to appear. We vacate and remand.
On March 30, 1998, the defendant, who was incarcerated at the New Hampshire State Prison, was...
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