State v. Cook

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Susan McLaughlin Cook, was convicted of conspiring with her ex-husband, *658Robert McLaughlin, Sr. (“Robert Sr.”), to commit murder, of being an accomplice to murder, and of witness tampering. On appeal, the defendant argues that the Trial Court (Temple, J.) erred in making the following rulings: (1) that admission of out-of-court confessions made by Robert Sr., which inculpated her, did not violate New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 804(b)(3) or the defendant’s confrontation rights under part I, article 15 of the State Constitution and the sixth amendment to…