State v. Kelley

The issues before the court are whether the defendant, a convicted felon, was denied due process when he was convicted under RSA 159:3 of the offense of possessing a handgun without the State offering specific evidence that the weapon was not obtained in accordance with RSA 159:7, and whether the trial court’s ruling that the defendant’s prior convictions were admissible for impeachment improperly chilled his right to testify in his own behalf. We reject both claims.

This case is an appeal from criminal convictions in the Hillsborough County Superior Court. Although originally indicted by the…