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Adam Montgomery, the father sentenced to more than 50 years in prison for killing his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery, is asking the New Hampshire Supreme Court to overturn his murder conviction, alleging his trial was unfair.

Montgomery was convicted last year of beating his daughter to death and hiding her body. Police believe he killed Harmony while they were living in a car in Manchester in 2019, nearly two years before she was reported missing. Her body has never been found.

Montgomery’s attorney, Pamela Pheland, said the lower court erred when it allowed the jury to view “prior bad act” evidence of him having assaulted

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