State v. Roberts

After a jury trial in the Superior Court (Mohl, J.), the defendant, Russell A. Roberts, was convicted of three counts of witness tampering under RSA 641:5 (1986). We consider the merits of: (1) whether the trial court lacked territorial jurisdiction over a witness tampering count alleging acts that occurred in Canada; (2) whether admission of hearsay statements made by a decedent to a drug counselor and a psychologist was improper under New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 803(4) or violated the defendant’s confrontation rights; (3) whether the trial court violated the defendant’s confrontation…