State v. Eric R. Cable

Following a jury trial in Superior Court {Wageling, J.), the defendant, Eric R. Cable, appeals his conviction for negligent homicide — driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI), see RSA 630:3, II (2007), and the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial based upon ineffective assistance of counsel. On appeal, he argues that the evidence was insufficient to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he caused the victim’s death and that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to object to the admission of certain evidence and to certain…