Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 12/21/2011

State v. Etienne

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163 N.H. 57
35 A.3d 523

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holding that, in the context of deadly force, the use of force must be reasonably necessary in order to be justifiable
explaining that the legislature has determined that defenses set forth in RSA chapter 627 constitute “pure defenses, and, thus, negating such a defense becomes an element of the offense that the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt”
noting that justification defenses under RSA chapter 627 are pure defenses
applying common law principles of proportionality to require “reasonable necessity to justify the use of deadly force” absent explicit statutory language to that effect
imputing knowledge among attorneys in state attorney general’s office is reasonable
when a defendant raises self-defense “conduct negating the defense becomes an element of the charged offense” (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Conboy, Dalianis, Duggan, Hicks, Lynn

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