NH court to rule on cellphone use while driving

Published October 6, 2012 3:56pm ET



CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide for the first time whether talking on a cellphone while driving, although legal here, can justify a conviction for criminally negligent homicide.

Lynn Dion of Franklin is appealing her conviction on that charge in the death of 36-year-old Genny Bassett on June 28, 2009.

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