State of New Hampshire v. Richard Scott

The defendant, Richard Scott, appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, on one count of attempted murder, see RSA 629:1 (2007); RSA 630:1-a (2007), and one count of being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon, see RSA 159:3 (2014). We affirm.

I

The jury could have found, or the record supports, the following facts. On July 26,2013, Terrence Jackson was at a Mend’s apartment in Manchester with a woman named Darlene. At around 6:00 a.m., Jackson heard another friend, “Jay,” banging on the back door of the apartment. Jackson testified that he had known “Jay” for only a few months, but…