State v. Ward

These are consolidated appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (O’Neil, J.), following a bench trial, finding both defendants guilty of receiving stolen property under RSA 637:7. On appeal, the defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding that they possessed the stolen property. They also ascribe error to certain remarks made by the prosecutor and by the trial judge, which, they assert, improperly commented upon the defendants’ failure to testify on their own behalf. We reverse the guilty findings against both defendants.

On February 4, 1989, police in the…