State v. Bennett

BRODERICK, j.

After a jury trial in Superior Court (Abramson, J.), the defendant, Eric Bennett, was convicted of manslaughter, RSA 630:2, 1(b) (1996). On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred by excluding: (1) evidence of the circumstances surrounding his taped statement to the police; (2) excerpts from his taped statement to the police; (3) evidence of the victim’s prior conduct; and (4) testimony of his expert and certain cross-examination of the State’s expert. We affirm.

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