State v. Stewart

Defendant was indicted on four separate charges of attempted murder. RSA 629:1 and RSA 630:1. These offenses were alleged to have occurred on December 23, 1973. After a trial by jury before Keller, C.J., the defendant was found guilty on two indictments. Defendant’s exceptions taken during the course of the trial and to the denial of his motions for mistrial and to set aside the verdicts were reserved and transferred.

The two issues on this appeal are whether the trial court erred (1) in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial because certain pretrial publicity precluded a fair trial by an…