Legal Opinion
Petition of Evans
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided September 6, 2006No. 2005-353, No. 2005-354PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDalianis, J.
The petitioner, Chad Evans, challenges the constitutionality of RSA 651:58 (Supp. 2005), which permits the State to seek sentence review, arguing that it violates the ex post facto, due process and double jeopardy protections of the New Hampshire Constitution and United States Constitution, and contravenes legislative intent. We deny the petition.
I. Background
The record supports the following facts. On December 21, 2001, a jury convicted the petitioner of reckless second-degree murder, see RSA 630:1-b (1996), five counts of second-degree assault, see RSA 631:2 (1996), endangering the welfare…
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