State v. Flood

The defendant, Elizabeth Flood, appeals a ruling of the Superior Court (Abramson, J.) denying her motion to continue a hearing to impose a suspended sentence until after the disposition of collateral criminal proceedings. We affirm.

The record supports the following. In May 2007, the defendant pled guilty to the misdemeanor of operating after suspension, RSA 263:64 (Supp. 2007) (amended 2008). The trial court sentenced the defendant to ninety days in the house of corrections, deferred for one year conditioned upon her good behavior. Near the end of the deferral period, the defendant could…