State v. Maloney

We are asked to review the misdemeanor conviction in Superior Court (Contas, J.) of the defendant, Ann S. Maloney, for hindering apprehension or prosecution of a criminal pursuant to RSA 642:3,1(a). We affirm the conviction.

The factual basis of this appeal began with the attempted execution of a valid arrest warrant by officers of the Exeter Police Department. The warrant authorized the arrest of Jack Maloney, the defendant’s husband, on a charge of simple assault and battery.

Upon their arrival at the Maloney home on the evening of January *23631, 1982, the policemen, Sergeant Bernstein and Officer…