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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 592-B:9 Drug Courts or Alternative Drug Offender Programs

I. (a) In any county that has implemented or which will implement the felonies first project established in this chapter within one year of commencing operation of a drug court

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or alternative drug offender program, the judicial branch shall fund and operate an approved drug court or alternative drug offender program separate from the statewide drug offender grant program established in RSA 490-G, and at no cost to the county.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. § 491:7 Jurisdiction

The superior court shall take cognizance of civil actions and pleas, real, personal, and mixed, according to the course of the common law, except such actions as are required to

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be brought in the family division under RSA 490-D, district courts under RSA 502-A, or the probate courts under RSA 547; of writs of mandamus and quo warranto and of proceedings in relation thereto; of petition and appeals relating to highways and property taken therefor and for other public use; of actions commenced in the probate or district courts where a right to jury trial is guaranteed by the constitution; of actions commenced in a district court which are transferable by statute to the superior court; of suits in equity under RSA 498:1; of petitions for new trials; of petitions for the redemption and foreclosure of mortgages; of all other proceedings and matters to be entered in, or heard at, said court by special provisions of law; and of all other proceedings and matters cognizable therein for which other special provision is not made.

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New Hampshire N.H. Const. Pt. 2, art. 72a Supreme and Superior Courts

The judicial power of the state shall be vested in the supreme court, a trial court of general jurisdiction known as the superior court, and such lower courts as the

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legislature may establish under Article 4th of Part 2.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 490-F:2 Circuit Court; General

The circuit court shall be a court of record with statewide jurisdiction. Each circuit court location shall have the authority to hear all cases within the subject matter jurisdiction of

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the circuit court. Subject to part 1, article 17 of the New Hampshire constitution, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the reassignment of cases within the circuit court as justice or efficiency requires in the discretion of the administrative judge of the circuit court.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. § 502-A:11 Criminal Cases; District Court

Each district court shall have the powers of a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state and shall have original jurisdiction, subject to appeal, of all crimes and

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offenses committed within the confines of the district in which such court is located which are punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, including all violations of the provisions of RSA 266:16 and RSA 266:25 pertaining to vehicles exceeding permitted size or weight, regardless of whether the defendant is a natural person or any other person.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 490:4  Jurisdiction

The supreme court shall have general superintendence of all courts of inferior jurisdiction to prevent and correct errors and abuses, including the authority to approve rules of court and prescribe

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and administer canons of ethics with respect to such courts, shall have exclusive authority to issue writs of error, and may issue writs of certiorari, prohibition, habeas corpus, and all other writs and processes to other courts, to corporations and to individuals, and shall do and perform all the duties reasonably requisite and necessary to be done by a court of final jurisdiction of questions of law and general superintendence of inferior courts.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. § 591-A:1 Superior Court

The superior court has jurisdiction of all criminal cases and proceedings; but it may dismiss a prosecution originally begun therein which is within the jurisdiction of a circuit court.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5912-B:1 Jurisdiction

The superior court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over felony complaints and misdemeanors and violation level charges that are directly related to those felonies. The superior court shall also have jurisdiction

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over de novo appeals of class A misdemeanors pursuant to RSA 599:1.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. § 502-A:17-a Transfers to Supreme Court

In any criminal case or civil cause in any district court, questions of law may be transferred to the supreme court in the same manner as that from the superior

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court under RSA 491:17; provided that the district court justice hearing the case to be transferred shall, if either party requests it, file as a part of the transferred case his findings, in writing, stating the facts found and his rulings of law.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. § 591-A:2 Appeals to Superior Court

The superior court has jurisdiction of all appeals in criminal cases from district or municipal courts.

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