State v. Blouin

Defendant was indicted on the second Tuesday of September 1969 for possession of marijuana on April 19, 1969 on which latter date RSA ch. 318-A provided penalties which made the alleged crime a felony. Laws 1969, 421:1, which became effective on August 31, 1969 (Laws 1969, 421:3 ), inserted RSA ch. 318-B and repealed RSA ch. 318-A, but provided “that no offense committed and no penalty . . . incurred . . . before the time when such repeal shall take effect shall be affected by the repeal except that when any punishment . . . shall be mitigated by the provisions of RSA 318-B . . . such…