Reynolds v. Cunningham

The State appeals from an order of the Superior Court {Murphy, J.) awarding the petitioner, an inmate at the New Hampshire State Prison, credit for pre-trial confinement from May 23, 1986, the date his parole was revoked, to August 12, 1987, the date of his conviction on the charges which arose out of the alleged parole violation.

The trial court ruled that the adult parole board’s failure to grant the petitioner use immunity for his testimony at the parole revocation hearing denied him due process because it may have deterred him from testifying at that hearing in an attempt to preserve his…