STATE v. GONYER

No. 4857.

102 N.H. 527 (1960)

STATE v. THEODORE GONYER.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided June 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Wyman, Attorney General, George T. Ray, Jr., Assistant Attorney General and John W. Stanley, Jr., county attorney (Mr. Ray orally), for the State.

Alfred Catalfo, Jr. for the defendant.


KENISON, C. J.

The central contention of the defendant, to which his exceptions relate, is that administrative discipline by prison authorities pursuant to statutory authority (RSA 622:14) is a bar to the indictment and prosecution for the crime of escape under RSA 622:13 because it is in violation of the former jeopardy provision of our Constitution. N. H. Const., Pt. I, Art. 16th. The factual situation that gives rise to this contention is not seriously disputed...

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