State v. Glidden

The defendant appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter (RSA 630:2 (Supp. 1979)) and second-degree assault (RSA 631:2 (Supp. 1979)). He challenges the constitutionality of the statutory provisions regarding manslaughter (RSA 630:2 (Supp. 1979)) and recklessness (RSA 626:2 11(c)), as well as the propriety of several of the Trial Court’s (Souter, J.) rulings, and the sufficiency of the evidence underlying the jury’s verdict. We affirm his convictions.

The defendant spent the afternoon of April 1, 1980, in the Black Lantern bar in Farmington, New Hampshire, drinking beer with…