STATE v. CORNELIUS

Nos. 81-193, 81-252.

122 N.H. 925 (1982)

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. MICHAEL CORNELIUS STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JEFFREY ALLEN JONES

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

October 20, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Michael A. Pignatelli, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Perkins, Phillips & Waters P.A., of Concord (Roger B. Phillips on the brief and orally), for the defendant Cornelius.

Stephen R. Fine & Associates P.A., of Manchester (Charles A. Meade on the brief and orally), for the defendant Jones.


[1] BROCK, J.

The principal issue in these consolidated appeals is whether the defendants' constitutional rights were violated due to the State's failure, while administering a breathalyzer test, to take an additional breath sample for their independent testing. We hold that neither the due process nor the equal protection doctrine requires that a defendant be provided with an additional breath sample so that an independent test may be performed by his own experts...

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