State v. Schultz

The defendant, Ronald Schultz, Jr., was convicted of second degree murder following a jury trial. See RSA 630:1-b, I(b) (1986). On appeal, he argues: (1) that the Superior Court (Murphy, J.) erred in its instruction to the jury on lesser-included offenses; and (2) that there was insufficient evidence to convict. We affirm.

In January 1994, Russell and Donna Jalbert lived with their three-year-old daughter and Donna’s grandmother at 60 Ledge Street in Nashua. Late that- month, Donna’s father, mother, and brother moved in with them. The living arrangement was intended to be temporary. Donna’s…