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· 8/31/1976

State v. Lordan

Citations

  • 116 N.H. 479
  • 363 A.2d 201
  • 1976 N.H. LEXIS 387

How courts have described this case

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  • defendant may not escape prosecution for multiple charges arising from single incident by pleading guilty to one charge absent an express or reasonably implied agreement with prosecutor
  • “The submission and acceptance of the defendant’s pleas to the first three indictments must have contemplated that no further charges would be brought, for the defendant by his pleas deprived himself of any meaningful defense to the present charges.”
  • when the defendant pleads guilty to one charge of multiple charges arising from a single transaction, it may preclude prosecution on the remaining charges if that may be expressly or reasonably implied from an agreement with the prosecutor
  • “The submission and acceptance of the defendant’s pleas to the first three indict- ments must have contemplated that no further charges would be brought, for the defendant by his pleas deprived himself of any meaningful defense to the present charges.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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