State v. Stewart

The defendant, William J. Stewart, was convicted in Superior Court (O’Neill, J.) of criminal contempt for violating a protective order issued by the Northern Carroll County District Court. On appeal, he claims that the New Hampshire courts lacked territorial jurisdiction because the acts comprising the contempt charge occurred in Maine. We affirm.

The following facts were adduced at trial. In October 1993, the district court issued a protective order prohibiting the defendant *611from contacting, harassing, or intimidating his sister. See RSA 173-B:4, 1(a) (1994). The following month, both the…