Legal Opinion
State v. Farrow
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided April 28, 1978No. 7731, 7821PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
The primary challenge of defendants in these cases is to the power of the legislature to prescribe the penalty of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for first-degree murder. In order to be convicted of first-degree murder a person must have purposely caused the death of another, that is “that the actor’s conscious object is the death of another, and that his act or acts in furtherance of that object were deliberate and premeditated.” RSA 630:1-a II (Supp. 1977). Upon conviction for this crime, the perpetrator “shall be sentenced to life imprisonment and shall not be eligible for…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by45 opinions
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