Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 4/21/1980

In Re Russell C.

Citations

120 N.H. 260
414 A.2d 934
1980 N.H. LEXIS 271

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holding that the adjudicatory hearing time limits in juvenile delinquency and child-in-need-of-services proceedings were jurisdictional because the time limits amounted to codification of a juvenile’s “speedy trial” and due process rights
noting that “[t]he purposes and procedures delineated in RSA ch. 169-B” reflect “the desire to divorce juvenile proceedings from the criminal process whenever possible”
concluding that mandatory time limits on juvenile adjudicatory hearings under RSA chapters 169-B and 169-D are a “legislative pronouncement of a child’s right to the expeditious resolution of his alleged delinquency or ‘need for services’ rooted in his right to due process”
interpreting the juvenile delinquency statute to impose a mandatory time limit that favors the juvenile based on the legislature’s concern for procedural due process
a statute should not be interpreted to lead to an absurd, unjust, or illogical result
statute should not be interpreted to lead to an absurd, unjust, or illogical result

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