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State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 821 (1985) ("We have said that a defendant need only be advised of the direct consequences of his guilty plea and not of consequences which are collateral.” (quotations and brackets omitted)).

While the State may have been able to prove the defendant guilty of attempted theft, see State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 818 (1985), or theft, see State v. Peck, 140 N.H. 333, 335 (1995), or attempted shoplifting, she was in fact charged with shoplifting by wrongfully removing goods from the merchant’s premises.

State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 817 (1985) (issues raised in interlocutory appeal but not briefed are waived).

We have since clarified our holding in Desbiens, stating that “the defendant [in Desbiens] was required to make more than conclusory allegations that his plea had not been knowingly and intelligently made” and that he “was required to put into issue some evidence regarding how his understanding of the plea or his volition was in fact deficient.” State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 820 (1985) (emphasis added).

We conclude, consistent with the broad statutory definition of “theft,” that burglary with the purpose to commit theft is a theft crime for the purpose of penalty enhancement.

Attempt is an inchoate crime, see State v. Bean, 117 N.H. 185, 187, 371 A.2d 1152, 1153 (1977), that is considered a substantive offense in and of itself, see State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 818, 498 A.2d 310, 313 (1985).

All provisions of this code shall be construed according to the fair import of their terms and to *562 promote justice.” RSA 625:3 represents New Hampshire’s substantial deviation from the- common law rule requiring a strict construction of criminal statutes.

“Our task is to construe the criminal code provisions according to the fair import of their terms and to promote justice.” State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 818, 498 A.2d 310, 313 (1985) (quotation omitted); see RSA 625:3 (1986).

“Our task is to construe the criminal code provisions according to the fair import of their terms and to promote justice.” State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 818, 498 A.2d 310, 313 (1985) (citation omitted); see RSA 625:3 (1986).

“Our task is to construe the criminal code provisions according to the fair import of their terms and to promote justice.” State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 818, 498 A.2d 310, 313 (1985) (quotation omitted); see also RSA 625:3 (1986).

Thus we have consistently held, that a sentencing court need not advise a defendant about the habitual offender law before accepting a guilty plea to a predicate offense under that law, see State v. Harper, 126 N.H. 815, 498 A.2d 310 (1985); State v. Levey, 122 N.H. 375, 445 A.2d 1089 (1982); State v. Fournier supra; see also Strader v. Garrison supra.

Yet this is the second case in recent years to reveal to us that the Manchester District Court has made neither a taped nor a written record.