Legal Opinion
State v. Story
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided July 27, 1951No. 4019. No. 4020PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lampeón, J.
The indictments in our opinion are valid under our law. Hence there is no necessity to pass on the seasonableness of the motions to quash. State v. Langelier, 95 N. H. 97, 99.
Article 15th of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of New Hampshire provides: “No subject shall be held to answer for any crime, or offense, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described to him; . . .” Under our decisions this requirement of our Constitution is met if the indictment informs the respondent of the nature and cause of the accusation with sufficient definiteness so…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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