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STATE v. GORHAM

No. 79-213.

120 N.H. 162 (1980)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. BILLY C. GORHAM

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

March 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general (Richard B. McNamara, assistant attorney general, by brief and David L. Harrigan, assistant attorney general, orally), for the State.

James E. Duggan, of Manchester (Paul H. Lawrence orally), for the defendant.

DOUGLAS, J.

The principal issue in this murder case is whether the trial court's jury instruction concerning self-defense was reversible error. We hold that it was not.

In the early morning hours of February 24, 1978, Robert Bell and the defendant, Billy Gorham, were driving along Ahern Street in Manchester in Mr. Bell's car. In front of 19 Ahern Street, two parallel parked cars blocked their path. William Peters was the driver of one

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