2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LIX - PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter 596-A - PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS
Section 596-A:7 - Commitment and Bail.

NH Rev Stat § 596-A:7 (2016) What's This?

[RSA 596-A:7 repealed by 2015, 249:16, VIII, effective January 1, 2016 and as provided by 2015, 249:17.]
    596-A:7 Commitment and Bail. –
    If from the evidence it appears to the district or municipal court that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed which is beyond the jurisdiction of the court to try and that the accused committed it, or if the accused waives preliminary examination thereof, the court shall hold the accused to appear in superior court as provided in RSA 502-A:13 or RSA 592-A:4; otherwise, if no probable cause appears, the accused shall be discharged from custody. If bound over, unless the offense is bailable only by the superior court as provided in RSA 597:4, the accused may be admitted to bail by the court as provided in RSA 597, but where the offense is bailable only by the superior court, the accused shall be committed by warrant to a county jail pending further proceedings in superior court.

Source. 1965, 116:1, eff. July 27, 1965.

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