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STATE v. COLE

No. 78-110.

118 N.H. 829 (1978)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. ROGER COLE.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general, John C. Boeckeler, Richard B. McNamara, Richard B. Michaud and Peter W. Heed, assistant attorneys general, and Peter W. Mosseau, attorney, by brief for the State.

Anthony A. McManus, of Dover, by brief and orally, for the defendant.

H. Jonathan Meyer, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

GRIMES, J.

The issue we decide in this criminal trespass and contempt case is whether the defendant was denied his right to a speedy trial. We hold that defendant was denied a speedy trial on both charges and that the case against him must be dismissed.

This is a case arising from one of the Seabrook demonstrations. Defendant was arrested on August 22, 1976, at the site of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, and was...

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