STATE v. HAMEL

No. 82-091.

123 N.H. 670 (1983)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. DONALD HAMEL

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Brian T. Tucker, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

James E. Duggan, appellate defender, and Joanne S. Green, assistant appellate defender, of Concord (Mr. Duggan and Ms. Green on the brief, and Ms. Green orally), for the defendant.


KING, C.J.

The defendant, Donald Hamel, appeals his conviction of first degree murder, RSA 630:1-a. We affirm.

On October 3, 1980, between 12:20 a.m. and 1:15 a.m., Raymond Breault, a Manchester cab driver, was shot in the head and killed as he sat in his cab at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Maple Street in Manchester. An autopsy revealed that Breault's death was caused by a single gunshot wound which entered his brain.

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