State v. Brown

The defendant, Timothy Brown, was convicted of one count of first degree murder, RSA 630:1-a, 1(a), following a jury trial. On appeal, the defendant contends that the Trial Court (Dunn, J.) erred in prohibiting the defense from cross-examining Victor Warner, an accomplice, concerning the specific penalty for first degree murder. He further argues that the trial court’s charge to the jury, coupled with its refusal to give the defendant’s requested jury nullification instruction, effectively removed the nullification option from the jury. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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