STATE v. ATKINS

No. 96-175.

143 N.H. 242 (1998)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. GEORGE M. ATKINS, III

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. McLaughlin, attorney general (Mary P. Castelli, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

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


JOHNSON, J.

The defendant, George M. Atkins, III, was denied court-appointed appellate counsel under RSA 604-A:2 (1986 & Supp. 1998). He challenges whether his wife's income and assets should be included in the determination of financial need. We now set forth the instances when a spouse's assets and income may be taken into account in determining financial need, and order the office of cost containment, see RSA 21-I:7-b (Supp. 1998), to review the defendant...

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