State v. Langill

Because I agree with the majority’s analysis in Part III of the opinion, I concur in that part of the opinion to the extent that it finds the evidence was sufficient for the jury to exclude all rational conclusions except guilt. However, for the reasons I articulated in State v. Connor, 156 N.H. 544 (2007), I believe that Corson’s verification testimony had a non-hearsay purpose and, thus, I respectfully dissent from Part II of the opinion. Connor, 156 N.H. at 549-50 (Hicks, J., dissenting).

As in Connor, I find the non-hearsay purpose for the admission of the fact of verification by an…