State v. Glidden

The issue in this case is whether the Trial Court {Nadeau, J.) erred in refusing to grant the defendant’s motion for a new trial, on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel, filed three years after his convictions. We find no error on the part of the trial court, and therefore we affirm.

The defendant was indicted in June, 1980, on charges of second degree murder, RSA 630:l-b, and second degree assault, RSA 631:2 (Supp. 1979), as a result of an April 1, 1980, incident which occurred outside the Black Lantern Bar in Farmington, New Hampshire. After his arrest, the defendant retained…