CHAPTER 45
SB 27 - FINAL VERSION
2001 SESSION
09/01
SENATE BILL 27
AN ACT allowing the state to apply for review of a state prison sentence by the superior court's review division.
This bill allows the state to apply for review of a state prison sentence by the superior court's review division.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT allowing the state to apply for review of a state prison sentence by the superior court's review division.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
45:1 State Added; Application for State Prison Sentence Review. Amend RSA 651:58, I to read as follows:
I. Any person sentenced to a term of one year or more in the state prison, except in any case in which a different sentence could not have been imposed, or the state of New Hampshire, may file with the clerk of the superior court for the county in which the judgment was rendered an application for review of the sentence by the review division. The application may be filed within 30 days after the date the sentence was imposed, but not thereafter except for good cause shown. The filing of an application for review shall not stay the execution of the sentence.
45:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
(Approved: June 8, 2001)
(Effective Date: January 1, 2002)