STATE v. LITTLE

No. 82-128.

123 N.H. 433 (1983)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JOHN E. LITTLE.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

June 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Paul Barbadoro, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Winer, Pillsbury & Bennett, of Nashua (David K. Pinsonneault on the brief and orally), for the defendant.


BOIS, J.

Following a jury trial, the defendant, John E. Little, was convicted of the second degree murder of his wife. See RSA 630:1-b. On appeal, he assigns as error the Trial Court's (Goode, J.) refusal to give a requested jury instruction: (1) that the jury was to use a subjective test in determining whether sufficient provocation existed to reduce his offense to manslaughter; and (2) that the jury could recommend that the court act with mercy in...

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