Petition of Warden, New Hampshire State Prison

The issue before us in this Rule 11 petition for certiorari review 1 , see SUR Ct. R. 11, filed by the State, is whether the Adult Parole Board (APB) exceeded its authority or otherwise violated the rights of the respondent, Jerry Roberts, when it paroled him to a consecutive sentence — the maximum of which had been suspended — but then refused to release him from prison upon his completion of the minimum term of that sentence. We hold that the APB’s actions were not improper and we therefore reverse the order of the Superior Court (Anderson, J.), which granted the respondent’s petition for…