Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2/4/2005

State v. Ainsworth

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151 N.H. 691
867 A.2d 420
2005 N.H. LEXIS 12

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holding that the defendant’s representation that information in the personnel files “might have some bearing on his defense of self-defense” did not meet the “reasonable probability” standard
stating that the defendant must establish \'that there [is] a realistic and substantial likelihood that evidence helpful to his defense would be obtained from the officers' personnel files\
stating that the defendant must establish \that there [is] a realistic and substantial likelihood that evidence helpful to his defense would be obtained from the officers' personnel files\
finding necessary a contemporaneous objection to preserve a jury instruction issue for appellate review
trial court’s evidentiary rulings are reviewed under unsustainable exercise of discretion standard and will be upheld unless defendant demonstrates that they were clearly untenable or unreasonable to the prejudice of his case
argument that trial court should have given jury instruction not preserved where defendant did not contemporan eously object before trial court, but indicated satisfaction with instructions as given

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Judges: Broderick, Dalianis, Duggan, Galway, Nadeau

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