Legal Opinion
State v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 30, 2007No. 2006-324PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Dalianis, J.
The defendant, Scott Buchanan, appeals the order of the Concord District Court {Sullivan, J.) denying the return of two firearms to him after he was found incompetent to stand trial. We vacate and remand.
Following a competency evaluation performed by James J. Adams, M.D., Chief Forensic Examiner for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, the defendant was found incompetent to stand trial. After charges were dismissed, he filed a motion for the return of two firearms that had been seized pursuant to his bail order. The State argued that under federal…
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