State v. Munson

The defendant, Kenneth Munson, appeals his conviction by a jury on one count of first degree murder, see RSA 630:l-a (1996), arguing that the Superior Court (Manias, J.) erred in: (1) precluding cross-examination of a State’s witness regarding a court order finding her incompetent to stand trial; and (2) instructing the jury on accomplice liability when, according to the defendant, the indictment only charged him as a principal. We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. On June 6, 1998, Leslie Noonan informed the Concord Police Department that she had been a witness to a crime. Specifically, she…