PETITION OF MONE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nixon, Raiche, Manning & Casinghino, P.A., of Manchester (David L. Nixon and Leslie C. Nixon on the brief, and Mr. Nixon orally), for the petitioners.

Administrative Office of the Courts filed no brief.

Philip T. McLaughlin, attorney general (Daniel J. Mullen, senior assistant attorney general, and Ann F. Larney, senior assistant attorney general, on the brief, and Mr. Mullen orally), as amicus curiae.

Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, of Manchester (Eugene M. Van Loan, III on the brief and orally), for the New Hampshire Sheriff's Association, as amicus curiae.

Judy E. Reardon, of Concord, by brief, for Governor Jeanne Shaheen, as amicus curiae.

Betsy B. Miller and Loretta S. Platt, of Concord, by brief, for Donna Sytek, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Joseph Delahunty, President of the Senate; and certain other members of the New Hampshire General Court, as amici curiae.

Joseph S. Haas, Jr., of Ashland, by brief, pro se, as amicus curiae.