All CRIMINAL NH JUDGES ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND NEVER WENT BEFORE A COURT OF LAW WITH TAXPAYERS AS JURORS!

NH Judge Paul Moore making $162,200 per year off of taxpayers while destroying thousands of families for decades, walks free! 

FRAUD COULD OF COST TAXPAYERS
$1 MILLION+
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On February 15, 2018, Governor Chris Sununu said in his state of the state address:

"Simply put, "Life in New Hampshire is better today than it was one year ago – and that's no accident."

"Today in New Hampshire, the rights of crime victims are stronger than ever before." 

"As we look back on this past year and recognize our milestones and achievements, we cannot lose sight of New Hampshire's future."

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Ex-Nashua Judge Paul Moore Pleads Guilty, Avoids Jail; fraud Could have Cost Taxpayers 1 million Plus

By Mark Hayward

Union Leader
MAY 3, 2018

Paul Moore, seated in center at hearing

CONCORD — Placed on leave over concerns he submitted fake evaluations of his own performance, Circuit Court Judge Paul Moore told another lie — this one that chronic pain, anxiety, depression and traumatic stress prevented him from being a judge and he should start receiving a disability pension, a prosecutor disclosed Wednesday.Moore appeared in Merrimack County Superior Court on Wednesday and admitted to the fraud. It was yet another blow to a popular Nashua judge who was a former U.S. Army Ranger and founded MooreMart, a nonprofit organization that has shipped more than 100,000 care packages to troops deployed overseas.

Moore had already resigned his judgeship, which he gave up after authorities became suspicious of perfect scores on job evaluations supposedly submitted by lawyers and the public last summer. In the weeks ahead, Moore is likely to be disbarred.

On Wednesday, Moore was fined $4,000, must repay $3,900 to the Judicial Retirement System and received a suspended jail sentence.“He is no longer a judge. He no longer will receive retirement benefits. He walks out of this courtroom not a judge, but a felon,” said Associate Attorney General Jane Young.

“Today, the court sentenced a fundamentally good man who has done amazing things for the state. Paul Moore made mistakes and he came to court today to accept responsibility for those mistakes,” said his lawyer, former attorney general Michael Delaney.

During the court hearing, Moore sat at the defense table and kept his chin high as Young laid out a case against him.

She cast doubts on evaluations submitted on his behalf in 2008, 2011 and 2014. The return rates were far higher than those of other judges, and the wording and frequent exclamation points were similar to his writing style, she said.

Moore also submitted the results of the 2017 evaluation in an application to be considered for a Supreme Court appointment.

When he was confronted with the evaluations and suspended from his job, Moore blamed his chronic pain, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. He told officials that when he filled out computer evaluations and gave himself high marks, his panic attacks subsided.

Young said Moore will not face any criminal charges as a result of the bogus evaluations submissions. He pleaded guilty to attempting to secure a disability pension. At 70 percent of his $162,200 salary, he would have received an annual payment of $113,400 in taxpayer dollars in retirement. That would end up being more than $1 million over the course of his lifetime, Young said.Moore cited the same physical and mental illnesses when he applied for disability, something that Young said led to the charge and guilty plea.“The state’s position at trial would have been no, he did not (suffer the ailments),” Young told reporters.

Delaney would not entertain questions from reporters. Moore used forearm crutches when he entered the courtroom, which he wielded deftly upon his departure, easily matching the stride of his lawyers.Moore’s application for disability benefits — made in January — claimed his health had been deteriorating for 15 months, Young said. But just nine months earlier, he had applied for consideration as a Supreme Court judge and made no mention of poor health.“It is essential that people who serve as judges can be trusted,” said Superior Court Judge John Kissinger, who signed off on the plea bargain. Most of his words to Moore were encouraging.

“Ultimately,” Kissinger said, “we’re not defined by the worst things we do, but all the things we do.”mhayward@unionleader.com
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NOTE: Judge John Broderick was aquitted October 11, 2000

                              NH JUDGE IMPEACHED                                                  

By ABC NEWS
The New Hampshire House today impeached state Supreme Court Justice David Brock for his alleged interference in a 1987 divorce case and voted to send his case to the Senate for a trial.

A Senate trial could result in Brock’s removal from the bench. The last time a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice was impeached was in 1790 when Woodbury Langdon was punished for poor attendance. Langdon resigned before his Senate trial. The final vote to impeach came after the House had given preliminary approval to three articles of impeachment, all by approximate 2-to-1 margins. 

During today’s seven-hour debate, GOP Rep. Albert Hamel said the House could restore the high court’s moral authority by voting for impeachment. “I hope that we have equal fortitude, guts, courage, to do what we have to do in this situation,” he said.

An Improper Phone Call

Brock is accused of making an improper call to a lower-court judge in 1987 about a politically connected lawsuit. He is also accused of lying under oath and soliciting comments from a fellow justice about that judge’s own divorce case and lying under oath during the investigation.  

“We are not asking you to find anyone guilty here. This is not a trial,” House Judiciary Chairman Henry Mock said in urging a “yes” vote.

Intentional Wrongdoing

The first article of impeachment alleged that Brock called the lower court judge to remind him that state Sen. Edward C. Dupont could help the court pass legislation, including a pay raise. Brock has denied making the call; the article faults him both for making it and for not telling his colleagues about it.

The other articles claimed:

Brock solicited comments in February from then-Justice Stephen Thayer about matters involving Thayer’s divorce case. Thayer resigned to avoid possible criminal prosecution.

Brock perjured himself four times before the committee. Critics contend this is the weakest article.

Brock said Monday he would consider resigning if he could do so with dignity, but only if the House doesn’t adopt the article accusing him of lying.

New London Republican Alf Jacobson, a Judiciary Committee member, is proposing a fourth impeachment article that Brock let disqualified justices take part in case deliberations. Opponents said Brock should not be punished for continuing a policy he did not create.

Retirement and Benefits

Lawmakers also must decide whether to give Brock full retirement benefits if he resigns. The Senate and governor would have to approve.

In public testimony last month, Brock apologized for his poor judgment, but said he meant no harm.

The House began investigating after Attorney General Philip McLaughlin accused Thayer of trying to influence his divorce.

During a meeting of the justices, Brock announced he was appointing two judges to a panel to hear Judith Thayer’s appeal. Believing Brock wanted his opinion, Thayer delivered a tirade against one of the judges.

McLaughlin said the incident was an outgrowth of the court’s routine practice of letting justices take part in discussions of cases from which they were disqualified.

Justices Sherman Horton and John Broderick, whom the committee voted to neither impeach nor reprimand, were accused of not immediately blowing the whistle on Thayer.

The committee said it was not pleased with the pair, but said months of publicity had damaged their reputations enough. Lawmakers said they trusted Broderick to work to reform the court, and noted that Horton is nearing mandatory retirement at age 70.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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"2000: New Hampshire Impeachment Proceedings Against Supreme Court Justices

Associate Justice W. Stephen Thayer, III

● Justice Thayer resigned before proceedings began.

Justice John T. Broderick, Jr.

● The House investigated but rejected articles of impeachment against
Justice Broderick.

Justice Sherman D. Horton, Jr.

● The House investigated but rejected articles of impeachment against
Justice Horton.

Chief Justice David A. Brock

● The House approved four articles of impeachment against chief Justice Brock: (1) overseeing a practice that allowed recused and disqualified justices to receive draft opinions, attend conferences on the cases, and comment and influence rulings; (2) discussing with Justice Thayer who would substitute on the appeal in Thayer's divorce case; (3) phoning a lower court judge to check the status of a case involving a company owned by the Senate majority leader and not informing his colleagues of it when the case came to the Supreme Court; and (4) lying to the House Judiciary Committee under oath when denying the call.
● The Senate did not convict "