Legal Opinion
State v. Smart
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 26, 1993No. 91-239PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J.
The defendant, Pamela Smart, upon entering her Derry home on the night of May 1, 1990, observed the body of her husband, apparently the victim of a homicide. The police arrived on the scene shortly thereafter and immediately commenced a murder investigation, culminating in the defendant’s arrest.
After a jury trial in Superior Court (Gray, J.), the defendant was convicted of accomplice to first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and tampering with a witness. On appeal, she raises the following issues: whether the pretrial publicity surrounding her case deprived her of an impartial…
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