Domestic Violence, Assault Convictions Reversed for Woodburn

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a former state senator's convictions on domestic violence and simple assault, saying the trial judge was wrong to deny his request to instruct the jury on a self-defense argument. The court sent Jeff Woodburn's case back for a new trial on the misdemeanors. Woodburn did not challenge criminal mischief convictions related to property damage. Woodburn, of Whitefield, was convicted in Coos County in 2021, following a relationship he had with a woman from 2015-2018. He was sentenced to...