Legal Opinion
State v. Mentus
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 14, 2011No. 2010-017PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuggan, J.
The defendant, Adam Mentus, appeals his conviction of manslaughter, see RSA 630:2 (2007), following a jury trial in Superior Court {Lewis, J.). We affirm.
The jury could have found the following facts. On June 26, 2008, the defendant drove with his friend, Nathan Caron, to State Line Ammo in Plaistow, where Caron bought a Lorcin L380 handgun. The two then returned to Caron’s house, where Anthony Palla joined them.
Eventually, the defendant left Caron’s house and took the Lorcin to his house to show his brother. In the meantime, Deirdre Budzyna and Christina Sorrentino went to Caron’s house.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. LambertSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2001
- State v. SweeneySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2005
- Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- State v. LampreySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
- State v. SanchezSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2005
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State of New Hampshire v. Steven P. CollinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2015
- Mentus v. WardenDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 2014
- State v. WangSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2014