New Hampshire Penal Code Made Simple

by Kimani Upshur, M.Ed.

Most people never learn criminal law until they need it — at a traffic stop on I-93, in a holding cell, or across the table from a prosecutor. By then, it is too late to learn it calmly. New Hampshire Penal Code Made Simple is your plain-English guide to the criminal law of New Hampshire, built on the real code: the Criminal Code, Title LXII of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated. In twelve short chapters, Kimani Upshur explains how the code is organized, how crimes are graded from violations to life-without-parole felonies, and what the major offenses mean — homicide, assault, domestic violence, kidnapping, stalking, sexual assault, theft, burglary, robbery, drug crimes, weapons offenses, fraud, and DWI. You will learn what defenses the law recognizes and what happens from arrest through trial, sentencing, probation, registration, and annulment — New Hampshire’s own word for clearing a record. Every chapter ends with ‘Know the Law’ takeaways and ‘Protect Yourself’ action steps, built on the framework’s guiding triad: Learn. Live Free. Protect. This is general education, not legal advice, and the book says so plainly. Written from a Christian worldview — Scripture first.