State v. Bouchard

The defendant, M.G. Bouchard, appeals the verdict of the Superior Court (O’Neil, J.) finding him guilty of the possession of cocaine. RSA 318-B:2 (Supp. 1993). On appeal, the defendant argues that the court abused its discretion: (1) by ruling that he opened the door at trial to allow evidence of his alleged possession of marijuana, after granting the defendant’s pretrial motion in limine to exclude this evidence; and (2) by allowing the rebuttal testimony of a police officer regarding the defendant’s self-incriminating statements, when the officer’s report of these statements was not…