Overview

• Merrimack County Superior Court accepted a no-contest plea and found Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi guilty of criminal solicitation of misuse of position.
• Prosecutors said she sought special treatment in a June 2024 meeting with then-Governor Chris Sununu regarding an active investigation involving her husband.
• The court imposed a $1,200 fine, dismissed the remaining counts from the 2024 indictment, and the state agreed the offense falls outside the “serious crime” category for bar discipline.
• Defense counsel said the resolution avoids a trial that would have featured testimony from Sununu and Chief Justice Gordon J. MacDonald, while the attorney general called the conduct a breach of public trust.
• The separate prosecution of Geno Marconi continues, with two felony charges — witness tampering and falsifying evidence — and four misdemeanors alleged, as the justice remains on administrative leave and suspended from practicing law.