NH Supreme Court justice to return to bench after misdemeanor charge

(The Center Square) — A Supreme Court panel has cleared the way for Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi to return to the bench, only days after she pleaded “no contest” to a misdemeanor charge for trying to influence a criminal case against her husband.

A panel of judges announced Thursday that it was restoring Hantz Marconi’s law licence with no restrictions after concluding that she had not committed a “serious crime” that would otherwise be grounds for disbarment or removal from the bench.