Legal Opinion
State v. Matthews
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 27, 2008No. 2007-244PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHicks, J.
The defendant, Judith Matthews, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.) granting the State’s motion to remand the case to district court to be entered as a conviction for a class B misdemeanor. See RSA 625:9, VIII (2007). She argues that the superior court’s reliance upon a recent amendment to RSA 625:9, VIII violates the constitutional guarantee against retrospective laws in Part I, Article 23 of the New Hampshire Constitution. We affirm.
The record supports the following. Based upon an incident that occurred on May 27, 2006, the State charged the defendant with simple assault, a…
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