State v. McAdams

BATCHELDER and JOHNSON, JJ.,

concurring specially: We would adopt a plain error standard to address claims of insufficient evidence raised for the first time on appeal, and therefore we concur in the result only.

New Hampshire is one of only thirteen jurisdictions that have not yet adopted some form of the plain error rule, which allows an appel*450late court to reverse a decision for “plain error” or “manifest injustice,” even where the error was not brought to the attention of the trial court. See Gerbige v. State, 571 So. 2d 401, 401 (Ala. Crim. App. 1990); Aaron v. State, 300 Ark. 13, 14-15,…