STATE v. McPHAIL

No. 7283.

116 N.H. 440 (1976)

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. DOUGLAS McPHAIL.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

July 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Souter, attorney general, and Edward A. Haffer, assistant attorney general (Mr. Haffer orally), for the State.

James J. Kalled, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


GRIFFITH, J.

The Trial Court, Batchelder, J., reserved and transferred without ruling all questions of law raised by the defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment for "attempted capital murder" on February 21, 1975.

The defendant in his motion to dismiss the indictment relies upon the fact that the Criminal Code enacted Laws 1971, ch. 518 effective November 1, 1973, contained no provision for the death penalty for murder. RSA 630:1 (Supp. 1973) defined...

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