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HICKS, J. The defendant, Michelle Chrisicos, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Groff, J.) sentencing her to twelve months in the House of Corrections, stand committed. The State cross-appeals, challenging the trial court’s conclusion that the home confinement provisions of RSA 262:23 (2004) (amended 2006) violate the Equal Protection Clause of the New Hampshire Constitution. See N.H. CONST. pt. I, arts. 1, 2. We reverse the ruling that RSA 262:23 is unconstitutional and affirm the sentence.

Galway, J. The State of New Hampshire filed a petition for writ of certiorari challenging a decision of the Superior Court (T. Nadeau, J.) not to impose a mandatory life imprisonment sentence under RSA 632-A:10-a, III (Supp. 2004) upon the defendant, Jesse Labrie. We deny the petition.

Frank Maniscalco, the defendant, has filed a Motion to Vacate Order on Payment of Counsel Fees. The court appointed a public defender to represent Mr. Maniscalco after he was charged with eight counts of forgery. Mr. Maniscalco pled guilty to the indictments on January 9, 2001. At the time, he was already serving a 2-3 year sentence at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute in Shirley. Concurrent with that sentence, the court committed Mr. Maniscalco to the New Hampshire State Prison for 12 months on indictments 98-S-591 to 98-S-594. Consecutive to that sentence, the court suspended Mr. Maniscalco's sentences on indictments 98-S-482 to 98-S-485.