STATE v. DEAN

No. 7095.

115 N.H. 520 (1975)

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. CHARLES W. DEAN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

September 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren B. Rudman, attorney general, and John L. Ahlgren, assistant attorney general (Mr. Ahlgren orally), for the State

New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Public Defender Service (James E. Duggan), by brief and orally, for the defendant.


DUNCAN, J.

This is an appeal under RSA 262-B:9 (Supp. 1973). The questions raised by the defendant's exception are whether the mandatory sentencing provision of the Habitual Offenders Act, RSA 262-B:7 (Supp. 1973), constitutes an improper legislative encroachment on judicial discretion in sentencing, and whether that provision violates the state or federal constitutional prohibitions against disproportionate, or cruel and unusual punishment. N.H. CONST. pt. I, art...

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