Section 630:1 Capital Murder. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. A person is guilty of capital murder if he knowingly causes the death of:
      (a) A law enforcement officer or a judicial officer acting in the line of duty or when the death is caused as a consequence of or in retaliation for such person's actions in the line of duty;
      (b) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit kidnapping as that offense is defined in RSA 633:1;
      (c) Another by criminally soliciting a person to cause said death or after having been criminally solicited by another for his personal pecuniary gain;
      (d) Another after being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole pursuant to RSA 630:1-a, III;
      (e) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit aggravated felonious sexual assault as defined in RSA 632-A:2;
      (f) Another before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit an offense punishable under RSA 318-B:26, I(a) or (b).
   II. As used in this section, a ""law enforcement officer'' is a sheriff or deputy sheriff of any county, a state police officer, a constable or police officer of any city or town, an official or employee of any prison, jail or corrections institution, a probation-parole officer, or a conservation officer.
   II-a. As used in this section, a ""judicial officer'' is a judge of a district, probate, superior or supreme court; an attorney employed by the department of justice or a municipal prosecutor's office; or a county attorney; or attorney employed by the county attorney.
   III. A person convicted of a capital murder may be punished by death.
   IV. As used in this section and RSA 630:1-a, 1-b, 2, 3 and 4, the meaning of ""another'' does not include a foetus.
   V. In no event shall any person under the age of 18 years at the time the offense was committed be culpable of a capital murder.

Source. 1971, 518:1. 1974, 34:1. 1977, 440:1; 588:41. 1988, 69:1, 2. 1990, 199:1. 1994, 128:1, 2. 2005, 35:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.