MOODY v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 84-492. No. 85-094.

127 N.H. 550 (1986)

THEODORE MOODY v. MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, WARDEN. THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. BRIAN DANEAULT.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

January 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (Ronald F. Rodgers, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the defendant, Michael Cunningham, and for the State.

James E. Duggan, appellate defender, and Joanne Green, assistant appellate defender, of Concord (Ms. Green on the brief, and Mr. Duggan orally), for the petitioner, Theodore Moody.

James E. Duggan, appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant Brian Daneault.


KING, C.J.

In these cases, consolidated on appeal, we must decide whether use of an untried indictment as the sole evidence in a hearing for revocation of parole or imposition of a suspended sentence violates the due process standards established in Stapleford v. Perrin, 122 N.H. 1083, 453 A.2d 1304 (1982). We hold that evidence of an untried indictment by itself is insufficient to satisfy the State's burden of proof and that...

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