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STATE v. WESTCOTT

No. 90-464

134 N.H. 692 (1991)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JEFFREY WESTCOTT

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

October 9, 1991

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Arnold, attorney general (Daniel J. Mullen, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

New Hampshire Legal Assistance, of Manchester (Elliott Berry on the brief and orally), for the defendant.

HORTON, J.

The defendant appeals an order of the Superior Court (Manias, J.) recommitting him to the psychiatric acute care facility of the New Hampshire Hospital. He argues that, although the trial court did not err in ordering him recommitted, it was nonetheless error for the court not to approve his transfer to the transitional housing service ("THS"), a less-restrictive facility located on the grounds of the New...

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