Supreme Court of New Hampshire

State v. Keller

August 14, 2024324 A.3d 973

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Hampshire reversed Otto Keller’s aggravated driving while intoxicated conviction, holding that the State failed to prove the serious bodily injury element and that the trial court improperly admitted the State’s expert toxicology testimony. The Court found the broken arm insufficient to satisfy the statutory definition of serious injury and concluded the expert’s methodology did not meet Daubert reliability factors, prejudicing the verdict. The case was remanded for a new trial on the lesser‑included DWI charge.