NH Supreme Court upholds delayed murder conviction
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April 28, 2011
Concord, NH On Tuesday the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of a man whose victim died nearly fourteen years after the assault originally took place. Walter Hutchinson Jr. was sentenced in 2009 for the murder of his former girlfriend, Kimberly Ernest. Hutchison was originally convicted of attempted murder in 1991 after the original assault. Earnst never recovered from the assault and spent the remaining 14 years in a vegetative state. The court concluded that "this evidence, along with the other evidence adduced by the state, was sufficient to permit a rational jury to conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Ernest's death would not have occurred but for the defendant's conduct and that her death was a natural and direct consequence of the defendant's conduct."[1]
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Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Hampshire • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Hampshire
State courts:
New Hampshire Supreme Court • New Hampshire Superior Courts • New Hampshire Circuit Courts • New Hampshire Probate Courts • New Hampshire District Court • New Hampshire Family Division
State resources:
Courts in New Hampshire • New Hampshire judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Hampshire
