State v. Auger

This is an interlocutory transfer without ruling from the Hillsborough District Court (Hatfield, J.), see Sup. Ct. R. 9, asking whether a non-criminal violation-level offense can trigger the imposition of a suspended sentence conditioned upon only the defendant’s “good behavior.” We respond in the negative.

‘We accept the statement of the case presented in the interlocutory transfer.” Trovato v. Deveau, 143 N.H. 523, 524 (1999). In November 1999, the defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a controlled drug and one count of resisting arrest. He was sentenced to sixty days…