KNOWLES v. WARDEN, N.H. STATE PRISON

No. 94-661.

140 N.H. 387 (1995)

WILLIAM KNOWLES v. WARDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

October 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tower, Bean & Crocker, P.A., of Jaffrey (Jefferson K. Allen on the brief and orally), and Law Office of Joshua L. Gordon, of Concord (Joshua L. Gordon on the brief), for the plaintiff.

Jeffrey R. Howard, attorney general (Christopher P. Reid, and John C. Kissinger, Jr. assistant attorneys general, on the brief, and Mr. Reid orally), for the defendant.


BROCK, C.J.

The plaintiff, William Knowles, appeals the Superior Court (Manias, J.) denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The plaintiff argues that his State and federal constitutional rights against compelled self-incrimination are violated by a New Hampshire Adult Parole Board (parole board) requirement that he complete a sexual offender program before becoming eligible for parole. We affirm.

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