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IN RE CAULK

No. 84-246.

125 N.H. 226 (1984)

In re JOEL CAULK.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

July 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Ronald F. Rodgers, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Arpiar G. Saunders, Jr., of Concord, by brief and orally, for Joel Caulk.

BATCHELDER, J.

The Superior Court (DiClerico, J.), on May 29, 1984, transferred without ruling the following question of law to this court:

"Does Joel Caulk, an inmate at the New Hampshire State Prison, have a constitutional right to die, without interference by the State, if he is mentally competent to make such a decision and if he has knowingly and voluntarily decided to die by starvation?"

For the reasons indicated below, we answer the...

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