STATE v. TURGEON

No. 92-154.

137 N.H. 544 (1993)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. NORMAND TURGEON

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Howard, attorney general (Jeffrey W. Spencer, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

James E. Duggan, chief appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


THAYER, J.

On September 23, 1991, the defendant, Normand Turgeon, was convicted in Superior Court (Groff, J.) of arson, RSA 634:1 (1986). The defendant unsuccessfully moved to set aside the jury verdict on the ground that the prosecutor's closing argument improperly commented on the defendant's failure to testify. For the following reasons, we affirm.

During the defendant's opening statement, counsel suggested that the defendant was intoxicated and...

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