STATE v. SMAGULA

Nos. 7502, 7511 and 7683.

117 N.H. 663 (1977)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. PETER J. SMAGULA III JOHN T. QUINN MICHAEL L. LAWRUK, JR.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Souter, attorney general, and Richard B. McNamara, attorney (Mr. McNamara orally), for the state.

Michael R. Chamberlain, by brief and orally, for defendant Smagula.

Woodbury & Rowe (Mr. David Woodbury orally), for defendant Quinn.

Leonard, Prolman, Gall, Shapiro & Jordan and William J. Groff (Mr. Groff orally), for defendant Lawruk.


DOUGLAS, J.

These appeals present the question whether RSA 169:21, which provides for the certification of cases involving certain juveniles to the superior court for trial, is unconstitutionally vague in that its lack of ascertainable standards deprives juvenile defendants of their rights to due process and equal protection guaranteed by the State and Federal Constitutions. For the reasons which follow below, we hold that RSA 169:21 as interpreted herein is constitutionally...

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