Legal Opinion

State v. Barham

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided June 19, 1985No. 83-363PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.

On appeal from his first degree murder conviction, RSA 630:l-a, the defendant claims that he was effectively denied his rights to self-representation and to a speedy trial. We affirm.

On Sunday, August 30, 1981, at about 11:30 a.m., Raymond Bar-ham, then 52 years old, shot and killed Norman Walpole in Wolfeboro. At the time, Walpole was coming home from church with Louise Graham, Barham’s ex-wife. Barham left the scene of the shooting immediately. Within an hour, he was arrested in nearby Tuftonboro by Police Chief William Keyes. Chief Keyes found Bar-ham sitting in his car parked on an…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. CarterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  2. State v. AyerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
  3. State v. SaucierSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986
  4. Raymond J. Barham v. Ronald L. Powell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  5. State v. DavisSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1994

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