Kiesman v. Middleton

The defendant, Stephen Middleton, appeals a final stalking order, see RSA 633:3-a, 1(a) (2007), issued against him by the District Court for Northern Carroll County (McKenna, J.). We vacate and remand.

The trial court could have found the following facts. Middleton and the plaintiff, Karl Kiesman, play for competing teams in the Mount Washington Valley Dart League (MWVDL). Middleton’s team, the Bullfrogs, and Kiesman’s team, the Waste of Maine, play each other two or three times during each league season. This case arises from encounters the parties had at two of those matches.

In the spring of…