STATE v. SAWTELL

No. 2003-795.

152 N.H. 177 (2005)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JOSEPH SAWTELL.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: May 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly A. Ayotte, attorney general (Charles J. Keefe, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Gleason Law Offices, P.C., of Haverhill, Massachusetts (Scott F. Gleason and Thomas J. Gleason on the brief, and Scott F. Gleason orally) for the defendant.


NADEAU, J.

The defendant, Joseph Sawtell, appeals his conviction in the Superior Court (Coffey, J.) of first degree murder. See RSA 630:1-a (1996). We affirm.

The record supports the following facts. On September 19, 2002, the defendant allegedly shot the victim, his nineteen-year-old girlfriend, Crystal Sheehan, four times with a .357 magnum revolver and then shot himself in the chest. The defendant and the victim had been involved in a relationship...

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