STATE v. PIKE

No. 85-317.

128 N.H. 447 (1986)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. DOUGLAS R. PIKE

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (Andrew W. Serell, attorney, on the brief and orally), for the State.

R. Peter Decato, of Lebanon, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


BATCHELDER, J.

In this appeal we consider whether the language of RSA 159:3 (Supp. 1985), which makes it illegal for a convicted felon to have "under his control a ... firearm ... or any other dangerous weapon," is unconstitutionally vague or overbroad. For the reasons which follow, we hold that it is not and therefore affirm.

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