State of New Hampshire v. Brim Bell

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Hampshire affirmed Brim Bell’s convictions for four counts of class A felony theft by deception and upheld the trial court’s joinder of the offenses. The Court held that the State proved the essential elements of deception and that the joinder was proper under Rule 20 because the offenses were part of a common scheme. It also ruled that the defendant failed to preserve challenges to the admissibility of evidence and his plain‑error claim regarding his absence at trial.