Case ID: nh_114/html/0453-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Original
    No. 6896
    Edward M. Nichols v. Joseph Vitek, Warden
    June 28, 1974
    
      George L. O’Malley, by brief and orally, for the plaintiff.
    
      Warren B. Rudman, attorney general, and David W. Hess, assistant attorney general (Mr. Hess orally), for the defendant.
   Per curiam.

This petitioner for habeas corpus seeks his liberty on the ground that his conviction for manslaughter in the first degree as a lesser included offense of murder for which he was indicted violated his constitutional and statutory (RSA 601:1) right not to be tried and convicted of the offense of manslaughter without being specifically indicted therefor.

There is no question but that manslaughter is a lesser included offense of murder. The indictment for murder contains all the allegations essential to constitute a charge of manslaughter. State v. Butman, 42 N.H. 490 (1861); State v. Zelichowski, 52 N.J. 377, 245 A.2d 351 (1968).

Petition denied.