Causing or Aiding Suicide
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)
Most recently applied in 522 F. Supp. 2d 766 - In Re Extradition of Exoo (October 2007)
Source. 1971, 518:1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
I. A person is guilty of causing or aiding suicide if he purposely aids or solicits another to commit suicide.
II. Causing or aiding suicide is a class B felony if the actor's conduct causes such suicide or an attempted suicide. Otherwise it is a misdemeanor.
Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.