State v. McLaughlin

In this appeal from his convictions for first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, the defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether the Superior Court (Temple, J.) erred in its instructions to the jury; and (2) whether introduction of his wife’s inculpatory statements to the defendant’s son under New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 804(b)(3) violated his federal and State constitutional confrontation rights. We find no error and affirm.

On the night of June 1, 1988, Robert Cushing was shot and killed at his home in Hampton. The defendant, then a Hampton police officer, lived…