State v. VanDerHeyden

The defendant, Cameron VanDerHeyden, was convicted after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Morrill, J.), of leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury, RSA 264:25, and false reporting of the accident to the police, RSA 264:28. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in not striking a portion of a response given on direct examination by the State’s principal witness. The response contained three distinct statements to which the defendant objected. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On March 7, 1987, a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle, which fled from the…