State v. Labranche

The defendant, Michael J. Labranche, Jr., appeals his first degree murder conviction. See RSA 630:1-a (2007). He argues that the Superior Court (Conboy, J.) erred by permitting the State’s expert psychiatrist to testify that the charged offense was not the product of his mental illness. We affirm.

The following is supported by the record. On the afternoon of August 29, 2005, motorists witnessed the defendant’s mother, Jane Labranche, lying by the road outside of the home she shared with the defendant in Franklin. Several witnesses stopped to help Jane, who was covered in blood from repeated…