State v. Nicholas H.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court (Murphy, J.) accepting the Nashua District Court’s (Howorth, J.) certification of the minor defendant, Nicholas H., for trial as an adult on a charge of first degree murder, RSA 630:1-a, 1(a). The defendant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court’s decision to certify the defendant was supported by the evidence and based on proper consideration of the criteria of RSA 169-B:24 (Supp. 1988): and (2) whether certain hearsay statements were properly admitted at the certification hearing. Because we hold that the admission…