State v. Morales

The defendant, Arcadio Morales, was convicted of robbery, RSA 636:1, after a jury trial in Superior Court (Flynn, J.). On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in admitting a witness’s entire prior statement as rehabilitative evidence, where the witness had been impeached through reference to only portions of that statement. The defendant raises two issues. First, does New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B), which addresses the substantive use of prior consistent statements, abrogate *617traditional common law rules concerning the nonsubstantive use of such statements?…