State v. Eldridge

The defendant, Timothy Eldridge, was convicted after a jury trial in the Superior Court (O’Neil, J.) for the second degree murder of Travis Wiggin. RSA 630:l-b, 1(b). He appeals his conviction, arguing (1) that there was insufficient evidence to prove that he acted “recklessly under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life”; and (2) that statements elicited from him after he asserted his right to counsel should have been excluded from evidence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

We first turn to the defendant’s sufficiency issue and the facts relevant…