State v. Cushing

This case concerns the constitutionality of Superior Court Rule 86, which requires the payment of an eight dollar fee to the superior court before amisdemeanor appeal from a district or municipal court may be tried by a jury under our de novo two-tier system. RSA 502-A:ll; RSA ch. 599. Defendants were convicted in the Hampton District Court of criminal trespass and sentenced to confinement. They appealed to superior court, requesting trial by a jury of their peers, and filed an application seeking waiver of the eight dollar fee required in appeals from nonjury courts. Super. Ct. Rule 94, RSA…