STATE v. WHITING

No. 7632.

117 N.H. 701 (1977)

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. TEX WHITING

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

September 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Souter, attorney general, and Richard B. Michaud, attorney (Mr. Michaud orally), for the state.

Leonard J. Merski, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


GRIMES, J.

The question in this rape case is whether certain statements of the prosecutor denied defendant due process by coercing defendant's witnesses into not testifying.

Defendant was indicted for rape and was convicted on May 13, 1976. He thereafter filed a motion for a new trial based in part on the allegation that certain alleged eye witnesses, George and Richard Place, whom he had expected to testify in his behalf, were induced to assert their privilege...

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