STATE v. DUMAS

No. 99-088.

145 N.H. 301 (2000)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. ARTURO DUMAS

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

October 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. McLaughlin, attorney general (Charles T. Putnam, senior assistant attorney general, on the brief, and Brian Graf, senior assistant attorney general, orally), for the State.

Behzad Mirhashem, assistant appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


DALIANIS, J.

The defendant, Arturo Dumas, a borderline mentally retarded man, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter, see RSA 630:2, I(b) (1996), for which he was sentenced to fifteen to thirty years in prison. The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the Superior Court (Barry, J.) erred in holding that the defendant voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently waived his Miranda rights. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U...

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