Legal Opinion
State v. McPhail
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided July 30, 1976No. 7283PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.
The Trial Court, Batchelder, J., reserved and transferred without ruling all questions of law raised by the defendant’s motion to dismiss an indictment for “attempted capital murder” on February 21, 1975.
The defendant in his motion to dismiss the indictment relies upon the fact that the Criminal Code enacted Laws 1971, ch. 518 effective November 1, 1973, contained no provision for the death penalty for murder. RSA 630:1 (Supp. 1973) defined murder without any distinction in degrees of murder and RSA 651:6 II (c) (Supp. 1973) provided that the punishment for murder shall be life imprisonment.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. LovettSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- De Veau v. BraistedSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- State v. O'BRIENSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974
- Piper v. MeredithSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1969
- State v. HarveySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- State v. AllenSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986
- State v. BussiereSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
- State v. DoeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1977
- State v. PartlowSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1977
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