State v. Caplin

The State brings this interlocutory appeal pursuant to RSA 606:10 from rulings of the Superior Court (Groff, J.) prior to the trial of the defendant, David Caplin, on two counts of first degree murder. The defendant filed pretrial motions (1) to suppress evidence of hair samples found at the scene of the crime and (2) to suppress the defendant’s prior testimony at a so-called Richards hearing held during the trial of Anthony Barnaby, see State v. Richards, 129 N.H. 669, 531 A.2d 338 (1987). The court granted both motions.

On appeal, the State asserts that the trial court: (1) applied…