State v. Millett

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendants Richard Millett and Dejanine Stirling appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) denying their motions to dismiss the State’s indictments against them for theft. Defendants argue that because sanctions had previously been imposed in an administrative proceeding, the criminal indictments violate the prohibition against double jeopardy. Because the Superior Court correctly concluded that the prior administrative sanction for defendants’ fraudulent receipt of unemployment benefits was remedial and not punitive, we…