State v. Ayres

The defendant, W. Wayne Ayres, was indicted for criminal solicitation, RSA 629:2, in that he unlawfully solicited another person to commit murder. During the course of the trial, the defendant excepted to certain rulings of the court admitting and excluding evidence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. All questions of law were reserved and transferred by Goode, J.

The charge arose out of an alleged meeting in a hotel room involving the defendant, his wife, a police informant, and an undercover police officer. It was during this meeting that the defendant allegedly solicited the undercover…