Legal Opinion
LaVallee v. Perrin
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 5, 1983No. 82-104PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, J.
The plaintiff, Paul J. LaVallee, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenged the constitutionality of RSA 651:6 (the extended term of imprisonment statute) as applied to him. The plaintiff contends that RSA 651:6 violates his sixth amendment right to trial by jury and fourteenth amendment rights to due process and equal protection of the laws because, he alleges, the statute is only applied to those who opt for trial and not to those who plead. We reject the plaintiff’s contentions and affirm the denial of the writ.
On October 24, 1977, the…
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