State v. Thomas Milton

The defendant, Thomas Milton, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (Smukler, J.), on one count of second degree murder, one count of assault by a prisoner, and one count of falsifying physical evidence. See RSA 630:1-b (2016); RSA 642:9 (2007) (amended 2010); RSA 641:6 (2016). We affirm.

I. Background

The relevant facts follow. The charges against the defendant stem from events occurring on July 26, 2010, at the New Hampshire State Prison where the defendant and the victim were then incarcerated. The defendant was a member of a prison gang known as the Brotherhood of…