State v. Goff

We are called upon to determine whether a New Hampshire peace officer has authority to issue valid summonses while out of state, and whether a nonresident defendant is precluded from appealing a trial court’s denial of a motion to quash such summonses when he submits to the trial court’s jurisdiction for a trial on the merits. We answer both questions in the negative and order the summonses against the defendant quashed and the convictions set aside.

The defendant was convicted of reckless operation of a motor vehicle, RSA 262-A:61 (1977), and violation of a Rochester City Ordinance, Section…