New Hampshire Statutes
§ 601:8 — Formal Errors, etc
New Hampshire § 601:8
JurisdictionNew Hampshire
Title LIXPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Ch. 601INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS, AND COMPLAINTS
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 601:8 (2026).
Text
No indictment, complaint, return, process, judgment or other proceeding in any criminal case in the courts or course of justice shall be abated, quashed or reversed for any error or mistake where the person or case may be rightly understood by the court, nor through any defect or want of form or addition, and courts and justices may, on motion, order amendments in any such case.
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Legislative History
1863, 2724:1. GS 242:13. GL 260:13. PS 253:13. PL 367:12. RL 427:12.
Nearby Sections
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§ 601:1
Indictments, Necessity§ 601:2
Waiving Indictment§ 601:3
Additional Charges§ 601:3-a
Waiving Indictment in Other Cases§ 601:4
Sufficiency§ 601:5
Charging Intent to Defraud§ 601:6
Charging Manner of Death§ 601:6-a
Joining Charges§ 601:7
Charging Assaults§ 601:8
Formal Errors, etc§ 601:9
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New Hampshire § 601:8, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/601/601%3A8.