State of New Hampshire v. Jay Neeper

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

SUPREME COURT

In Case No. 2021-0163, State of New Hampshire v. Jay
Neeper, the court on January 31, 2023, issued the following
order:

The court has reviewed the written arguments and the record submitted on
appeal, and has determined to resolve the case by way of this order. See Sup. Ct.
R. 20(2). The defendant, Jay Neeper, appeals an order of the Superior Court
(Howard, J.) related to his request for a transcript from a December 17, 2007
hearing on his motion for a mistrial. Because the defendant now has the
transcript at issue, any appeal argument he has regarding his inability to obtain
it is moot, and we dismiss the appeal as moot. We decline to address the
defendant’s arguments raised for the first time on appeal regarding the merits of
the trial court’s 2007 decision to grant the motion for a mistrial and his
allegations that his 2007 trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective
assistance because they are not properly before us.

Dismissed.

MacDonald, C.J., and Hicks, Bassett, Hantz Marconi, and Donovan, JJ.,
concurred.

Timothy A. Gudas,
Clerk