State v. Danskin

After a trial by jury resulting in a verdict of guilty of arson against the defendant, Allan P. Danskin, in connection with a fire at the Canaan, New Hampshire Elementary School, this appeal was taken from rulings by Johnson, J., and is limited to the following two questions: (1) was the evidence sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction, and (2) did the trial court err in refusing to voir dire the jury concerning possible prejudice resulting from possible exposure to a newspaper account of the trial? We affirm.

As this court has stated in State v. Martin, 121 N.H. 1032, 1033-34, 437…