Legal Opinion
Bell v. State of New Hampshire Superior Court Sentence Review Division
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 31, 1977No. 7646; No. 7663PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrimes, J.
The issues in these petitions for certiorari are whether the superior court sentence review division (RSA 651:57-61 (Supp. 1975)) may constitutionally increase a petitioner’s sentence and, if so, may sentences be increased without a statement of reasons therefor.
Plaintiff Bell was found guilty after a jury trial of the class A felony of escape with force. RSA 642:6 III (Supp. 1975), I, II. He was sentenced by King, J., to not less than four years nor more than ten years in the state prison. He applied for a review of his sentence by the sentence review division which after hearing increased…
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