State v. Dushame

The defendant, Peter Dushame, was found guilty after a jury trial in Superior Court (Dalianis, J.) of manslaughter, *311RSA 630:2; negligent homicide caused by intoxication, RSA 630:3; simple assault, RSA 631:2-a; and driving after revocation, RSA 263:64. He was sentenced to serve fifteen to thirty years in the New Hampshire State Prison. On appeal, the defendant raises three issues: (1) whether the trial court, by substituting an alternate juror for a disqualified juror after jury deliberations had begun in the case, violated RSA 500-A:13; (2) whether the trial court erred by admitting into…