Hillsborough County Superior Court-South

Is your case in the Hillsborough County Superior Court-South in Nashua, NH? In this Court, grand juries meet on a regular basis, and in secret, to bring indictments (charges) against defendants who are accused of committing felony level offenses anywhere in Hillsborough County, a large area of southern NH, which encompasses the cities of Nashua, Hudson, and Merrimack, among many smaller towns. This Court is one of two Superior Courts that serve Hillsborough County.

Felony cases may originate with a complaint filed in district court and tested by probable cause hearing before proceeding to superior court, or a direct grand jury indictment can initiate the case in superior court from the beginning. After a grand jury indictment, the defendant is notified to appear for arraignment and a jury trial is scheduled. Additionally, defendants convicted of class A misdemeanors in any circuit court within Hillsborough County (specifically the areas that the Superior Court-South serves) can appeal for a jury trial on the misdemeanor charges in the Hillsborough County Superior Court-South.

Most cases here are prosecuted by the Hillsborough County Attorney's Office, located in Nashua, NH. Additionally, homicide cases, and certain other types of serious felonies, are prosecuted here by prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office.

On this page, you can see which Judges are assigned to preside in this Court in any given month.