State v. Dumont

The defendant was charged with the crime of receiving stolen firearms in violation of RSA 637:7, and following conviction the Superior Court (Souter, J.) sentenced him to six months of confinement in the Strafford County House of Correction. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in imposing that sentence.

The defendant asserts that the six-month sentence is disproportionate to the offense in violation of the New Hampshire Constitution and violates the defendant’s rights under the eighth and fourteenth amendments to the Federal Constitution. The defendant…