Legal Opinion
State v. Hamel
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 31, 1983No. 82-091PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, C.J.
The defendant, Donald Hamel, appeals his conviction of first degree murder, RSA 630:1-a. We affirm.
On October 3, 1980, between 12:20 a.m. and 1:15 a.m., Raymond Breault, a Manchester cab driver, was shot in the head and killed as he sat in his cab at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Maple Street in Manchester. An autopsy revealed that Breault’s death was caused by a single gunshot wound which entered his brain.
On the evening of October 3, the defendant and his half-brother, Robert Butler, were arrested on suspicion of robbery outside a Manchester store. A .22 caliber handgun and three .22…
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