State v. Torrence

The defendant, James Torrence, was convicted of robbery (RSA 636:1, I), following a jury trial in the Superior Court {Barry, J.). He brings this appeal, arguing that the trial court erred in three ways: first, in permitting evidence of flight to go before the jury; second, in instructing the jury on a lesser-included offense without having a rational basis to do so; and, finally, by “repeatedly” repolling the jury until each juror announced a verdict of guilty. Because we find no error on the part of the trial court, we affirm the defendant’s conviction.

There is no dispute as to the…