State v. Taylor

The defendant, Tracy S. Taylor, was convicted of second degree murder following a jury trial in Superior Court (Fauver, J.). See RSA 630:1-b (1986). On appeal, he argues that the court erred: (1) in allowing the State to impeach his direct testimony with the details of a prior robbery conviction; (2) in refusing to give jurors a “reasonable efforts” instruction regarding lesser-included offenses; and (3) in refusing to allow him to call a certain witness to corroborate his manslaughter defense. We affirm.

On September 23, 1993, the defendant visited his girlfriend, Carmen Blake, at her…