State v. Brooks

The defendant, Gary Brooks, was tried in the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.) on charges of arson and witness tampering. At the conclusion of the State’s case in chief, the trial court granted the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the witness tampering charge. After trial, the jury found the defendant guilty of arson, RSA 634:1, and the defendant appeals that conviction. We affirm.

The arson charge arose as a result of a fire at Do’s Restaurant, in Rochester, on October 10, 1983, at approximately 2:30 in the morning. During the trial, testimony by Brian Colwell, the defendant’s…