State v. Gomes

Both cases present the question whether State v. Bill, 115 N.H. 605, 347 A.2d 445 (1975), holding that juvenile courts have exclusive jurisdiction over persons whose acts were committed while under the age of eighteen years, applies to these defendants whose cases were pending at the time Bill was decided. In addition, the Gomes case presents the question if Bill does apply to him, what court if any, has jurisdiction and what procedures are applicable since no petition was filed in the juvenile court before his nineteenth birthday. RSA 169:29-a (Supp. 1975).

Ronald F. Gomes was indicted for…