HUDSON v. MILLER

No. 78-237.

119 N.H. 141 (1979)

LELAND W. HUDSON v. GARY MILLER, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

March 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Duggan, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the plaintiff.

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general (David L. Harrigan, attorney, orally), for the State.


GRIMES, J.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. RSA 534:3. The plaintiff challenges his original commitment and current incarceration under New Hampshire's old Sexual Psychopath Act, RSA ch. 173 (Laws 1949, ch. 314), repealed Laws 1969, 443:2, superseded by RSA ch. 173-A, as amended (Supp. 1977), alleging that he has been, and is still being, denied his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection of the laws. U.S. CONST...

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