Legal Opinion
State v. Marcotte
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 31, 1983No. 82-103PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBois, J.
The defendant appeals a jury verdict finding him guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. See RSA 159:3 (Supp. 1981). The only issue before us is whether the Trial Court (Gann, J.) committed reversible error when it upheld the validity of the search warrant which had led to the discovery of the defendant’s firearm. We affirm.
On July 20, 1981, Officer Robert Babineau of the Laconia Police Department received information that the defendant, who was thought to have been a convicted felon, had recently purchased a handgun at a local store. The officer suspected that the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Zurcher v. Stanford DailySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Sgro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- State v. KirschSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1995
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