STATE v. WOODBURY

No. 83-085.

124 N.H. 218 (1983)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. THOMAS P. WOODBURY

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (T. David Plourde, attorney, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Joanne S. Green, assistant appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


KING, C.J.

The defendant appeals his conviction in Superior Court (Dunn, J.) for robbery, RSA 636:1. The sole issue presented upon appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial after a witness for the State testified as to a prior armed robbery charge brought against the defendant. We hold that this testimony was inadmissible and sufficiently prejudicial to require a new trial.

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