State v. Bardsley

This case involving the validity of District Court Rule 2.14 is before us on an interlocutory transfer without ruling (RSA 491:17) from the Superior Court (Pappagianis, J.).

*697Pursuant to the provisions of District Court Rule 2.14, the defendant was found guilty in the Nashua District Court of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, second offense (RSA 265:82 (Supp. 1983)) and appealed to the superior court. Defendant claimed a jury trial. On the day the jury was to be selected for the trial of the appeal, the trial judge, on his own motion, transferred to this court six…