State v. Warren

The defendant, Theodore Warren, was convicted after a jury trial in Superior Court (Mold, J.) of reckless manslaughter, see RSA 630:2, 1(b) (1996), for the stabbing death of Kevin Connolly. He appeals, arguing that the trial court should have instructed the jury that he was entitled to use deadly force in self-defense if he reasonably believed Connolly was likely to use unlawful force in the commission of a felonv. See RSA 627:4,11(d) (1996). We affirm.

The defendant, his wife and their daughter lived in an apartment with the defendant’s sister-in-law and her two children. Connolly, a friend…