STATE v. STETSON

No. 90-342.

135 N.H. 267 (1992)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JAMES T. STETSON

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

February 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Arnold, attorney general (Mark E. Howard, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

W. Kirk Abbott, Jr., assistant appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


BATCHELDER, J.

The defendant, James T. Stetson, appeals his conviction for manslaughter, RSA 630:2. The defendant argues that the Superior Court (Barry, J.) improperly admitted hearsay testimony, but the State contends that admission was proper under the "opening-the-door" doctrine. We affirm.

Cedar Street in Manchester is a neighborhood of mostly three-story apartment buildings. Very early in the morning of June 24, 1989, the defendant proceeded in...

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