State v. Furgal

The defendant, Corey Furgal, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Groff, J.) finding RSA 597:1-c (Supp. 2009) constitutional on its face and denying the defendant’s request for bail. We affirm.

The following facts are relevant to the disposition of this case. In the early morning hours of November 1,2009, Christopher Vydfol was stabbed to death in Merrimack. Several witnesses identified the defendant as the assailant, and the grand jury subsequently indicted him on alternative counts of second degree murder. The State requested that he be held without bail while awaiting trial in accordance…