IN RE RUSSELL C.

No. 79-398.

120 N.H. 260 (1980)

In re RUSSELL C.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general (Betsy S. Westgate, attorney, orally), for the State.

Smith, Currier, Connor, Wilder & Lieberman P.A., of Nashua (Jeffrey A. Zall orally), for the defendant.

Nancy J. Geiger, Merrimack County juvenile advocate, and Peter Stern, by brief, as amicus curiae.


BOIS, J.

This is an interlocutory appeal raising the issue of the statutory right to a "speedy trial" in the context of a juvenile proceeding. Harkaway, J. transferred without ruling this and other issues raised in the defendant's motion to dismiss because of their "general importance in the administration of juvenile justice throughout the State." We hold that RSA 169-B:14 II (Supp. 1979) and RSA 169-D:13 II (Supp. 1979) create a statutory right to speedy...

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