STATE v. FERNANDEZ

No. 2004-129.

152 N.H. 233 (2005)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. LUCIO E. FERNANDEZ

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: May 23, 2005


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly A. Ayotte, attorney general (Robert S. Carey, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Law Office of Paul J. Haley, of Hillsborough (Paul J. Haley on the brief and orally), for the defendant.


NADEAU, J.

The defendant, Lucio E. Fernandez, appeals his conviction by a jury for second-degree murder. See RSA 630:1-b (1996). We affirm.

The jury could have found the following facts. The defendant stabbed another man to death. After the stabbing, the defendant threw away the knife and fled the scene. He later fled the East Coast. United States Marshals arrested him approximately seventeen months later in Los Angeles.

At trial, the defendant...

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