651:1 Applicability. – I. The provisions of this chapter govern the sentencing for every offense, whether defined within or outside the code, except as provided by RSA 630. II. This chapter does not deprive the court of any authority conferred by law to decree a forfeiture of property, suspend or cancel a license, remove […]
651:10 Discharge or Transfer From Prison. – The governor and council or the superior court may discharge any such person from prison, or shall transfer any prisoner who is insane to the secure psychiatric unit, to be kept at the expense of the state, whenever they are satisfied that such discharge or transfer will […]
651:11 Transfer From County Correctional Facility. – If any insane person is confined in a county correctional facility, the superior court shall order him to be committed to the secure psychiatric unit. Source. 1971, 518:1. 1975, 388:3. 1985, 337:6. 1988, 89:30, eff. June 17, 1988.
651:11-a Duration of Committal Orders. – I. Orders of committal to the secure psychiatric unit made pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for 5 years. For the order to be renewed, another judicial hearing must be held. At the renewal hearing, when the court is satisfied by clear and convincing evidence that the […]
651:11-b Rights of Persons Transferred to State Hospital. – Persons committed or transferred to the state hospital pursuant to this chapter shall be granted the rights set forth in RSA 135-C:55-59. Source. 1975, 388:4. 1994, 248:10, eff. June 2, 1994.
651:12 to 651:14 Repealed by 1973, 370:36, eff. Nov. 1, 1973. –
651:15 Sentence to State Prison. – Whenever the sentence for an offense is to be imprisonment for a maximum of more than one year, the sentence shall be served in the state prison. Source. 1971, 518:1. 1981, 228:1, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.
651:16 Repealed by 1981, 228:2, eff. Aug. 10, 1981. –
651:17 Year or Less. – I. Whenever a person is sentenced either (a) For a misdemeanor under the provisions of RSA 651:2; or (b) For a felony under the provisions of RSA 651:2; or (c) For an extended term of imprisonment under RSA 651:6, and the maximum term thereof does not exceed one year. […]
651:17-a Transfer of Youthful Offender. – Any person under the age of 18 who has been certified as an adult pursuant to RSA 169-B:24 and sentenced to the state prison pursuant to RSA 651:15 or to a county correctional facility pursuant to RSA 651:17, may be transferred to the youth development center established under […]
651:18 Place; Reduction in Sentence. – I. Persons liable to commitment to a correctional facility for any offense shall be committed to the county correctional facility in the county in which the crime was committed. II. Any prisoner whose conduct while in the custody of the superintendent of a county correctional facility has been […]
651:19 Release for Purpose of Gainful Employment, Rehabilitation, or Home Confinement. – I. A sentencing court may recommend at the time of sentencing, or the superintendent of the county correctional facility may, at any time during the sentence, allow any person who has been committed to a correctional institution other than state prison under […]
651:19-a Day Reporting Program. – I. The superintendent of a county correctional facility may establish a day reporting program in lieu of incarceration for certain offenders as deemed appropriate by the superintendent. Such release shall be for such terms or intervals of time and under such terms and conditions as may be permitted by […]
651:2 Sentences and Limitations. – I. A person convicted of a felony or a Class A misdemeanor may be sentenced to imprisonment, probation, conditional or unconditional discharge, or a fine. II. If a sentence of imprisonment is imposed, the court shall fix the maximum thereof which is not to exceed: (a) Fifteen years for […]
651:20 Incarceration Under Suspended Sentence. – I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subparagraphs (a), (b), and (c), the sentence to imprisonment of any person may be suspended by the sentencing court at the time of imposition of the sentence or at any time thereafter in response to a petition […]
651:21 Terms on Revocation of Suspended Sentence. – Upon revocation of any suspended sentence the court may order that the defendant serve such sentence in full or in such parts and at such times as is deemed best, may further suspend any part not ordered to be served upon such terms and conditions as […]
651:22 Jurisdiction Over and Disposition of Wages and Income. – In any criminal case, in addition to such other terms and conditions as may be imposed by the court, a defendant who has received a suspended sentence or who has been released under RSA 651:19 may be required by the court to surrender to […]
651:23 Repealed by 2003, 237:15, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. –
651:24 Failure to Report Deemed Escape. – Any person released under RSA 651:19 or RSA 651:19-a, or ordered confined under RSA 651:20 or 21 who willfully fails to report as ordered shall be deemed to have escaped from the institution to which he has been sentenced and upon conviction shall be subject to the […]
651:25 Release From State Prison. – I. The commissioner of corrections may release any person who has been committed to the state prison at any time during the term of sentence for the purpose of obtaining and working at gainful employment, for the performance of uncompensated public service as provided in RSA 651:68-70, or […]
