Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 10/27/2011

State v. Ortiz

Citations

162 N.H. 585
34 A.3d 599

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concluding that “any defect in the 2 indictment did not deprive the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction”
holding that a purported error cannot be “plain” for purposes of the plain error rule when it raises an issue of first impression
holding that, because defendant first challenged indictment’s failure to allege a necessary element in a motion to dismiss at the close of the State’s case, review of issue on appeal was limited to plain error
“ ‘Plain’ as used in the plain error rule is synonymous with clear or, equivalently, obvious.” (quotation omitted)
\The trial court's error in this matter could not have been 'clear' or 'unequivocally obvious' because this case presents an issue of first impression.\
“Due process . . . imposes an outer limit upon the court’s ability to correct a sentence after pronouncing it.”

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Judges: Conboy, Dalianis, Duggan, Hicks

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