State v. Gibney

The defendant was convicted of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.). RSA 629:3; RSA 630:l-a. In this appeal, the defendant asserts that the trial court erred in allowing testimony regarding statements made by his wife and co-conspirator, Tina Gibney. We affirm.

At approximately 3 p.m. on March 2, 1989, Dennis Brown (the intended victim of the conspiracy) was left by a friend at his mother’s house in Rochester. Brown resided there, along with his mother and his niece, the daughter of his sister, Tina Gibney. Tina Gibney lived elsewhere…