Legal Opinion
In re Three Video Poker Machines
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 5, 1987No. 86-234PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The issue presented in this case is whether the dismissal by the district court of a criminal charge at the conclusion of the State’s case required the superior court to dismiss a companion civil forfeiture petition. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Superior Court’s (Pappagianis, J.) dismissal of the State’s civil forfeiture petition and remand to the superior court for proceedings consistent with our conclusions herein.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- John C. Shimman, Cross-Appellant v. John Frank, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- State v. WentworthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
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