Legal Opinion
State v. Gagne
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 31, 1986No. 86-201PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The two cases were consolidated below for purposes of this interlocutory transfer without ruling from the Manchester District Court (Champagne, J.) pursuant to RSA 502-A:17-a. They concern the authority of the district courts to order competency evaluations for defendants charged with a misdemeanor, and for unindicted defendants charged with a felony pending a probable cause hearing.
The court has requested determination of five separate but related issues: (1) whether the district courts have the authority to order defendants charged with a misdemeanor to submit to a psychiatric evaluation to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Weinstein v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
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