Legal Opinion
State v. Thornton
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 22, 1995No. 94-216PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHorton, J.
The defendant, Eric Thornton, appeals the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea by the Superior Court (Fitzgerald, J.). We affirm.
On November 5, 1992, the grand jury issued an indictment charging that the defendant “did commit the crime of second degree murder in that he, in concert with and aided by Roy Wrenn, did knowingly cause the death of Nelson ‘Sonny’ Goodno.” The defendant moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that accomplice to second degree murder is not a crime recognized by the Criminal Code. The court denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss, but before the…
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