STATE v. McCARTHY

No. 5975.

112 N.H. 437 (1972)

STATE v. TIMOTHY M. McCARTHY.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren B. Rudman, attorney general, and Thomas B. Wingate, assistant attorney general (Mr. Wingate orally), for the State.

Paul T. Smith and Harvey R. Peters, of Massachusetts, and J. Leonard Sweeney, Jr. (Mr. Peters orally) for the defendant.


GRIMES, J.

The issues before us involve the sufficiency of the evidence to support a guilty of second degree murder verdict, whether the accused was denied the effective assistance of counsel, and whether a verdict of guilty of a lesser offense should have been directed.

Defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree. He was represented by two court-appointed counsel. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. Defendant's...

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