Legal Opinion
State v. Whittey
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 2, 2003No. 2001-427PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDalianis, J.
The defendant, Joseph Whittey, was convicted following a jury trial of first-degree murder in the course of rape. See RSA 630:l-a (1974) (amended 1986 & 1990). On appeal, he argues that the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) erred by: 1) failing to recuse herself from the case; 2) denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss; and 3) finding that the results of polymerase chain reaction based short tandem repeat DNA testing were admissible scientific evidence. We affirm.
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