State v. Brooks

The defendant, John Brooks, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, for capital murder involving solicitation, capital murder in the course of a kidnapping, first degree murder (as an accomplice), and *276conspiracy to commit capital murder, in connection with the death of Jack Reid, Sr. See RSA 630:1,1(b), (c) (1996) (amended 2006, 2011); RSA 630:5 (1996); RSA 626:8 (Supp. 2004); RSA 630:l-a, 1(a) (1996); RSA 629:3 (Supp. 2004). On appeal, he argues that the Superior Court {Lynn, C.J.) erred by: (1) permitting the State to authenticate documents by use of affidavits, rather than live…