Legal Opinion
State v. Lister
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 5, 1979No. 79-295PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, J.
The Superior Court (Contas, J.) has transferred the following question of law to this court: “Where [a] defendant has voluntarily absented himself from criminal court proceedings for first-degree murder after completion of suppression hearings and selection, but not swearing, of five jurors, may [he] be tried in absentia?”
The defendant is charged with noncapital, first-degree murder and, until recently, has been in custody at the State prison pending trial. Trial was set for September 24, 1979. The first four days, from September 24 to September 27, were devoted to various suppression…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. William H. Miller, United States of America v. Maurice GregoryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1994
- State v. CastleSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986
- State v. LynchNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1981
- State v. CromlishSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2001
- State v. ListerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982
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