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State v. Johnson

Citations

  • 134 N.H. 498
  • 594 A.2d 1288
  • 1991 N.H. LEXIS 91

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  • holding that, on balance, the judicial economy policy underlying the doctrine does not justify invoking collateral estoppel in that case
  • concluding that doctrine of collateral estoppel could not be applied offensively in perjury prosecution so as to preclude litigation of primary substantive issue involving a specific finding of fact made by a jury in a prior criminal trial against the defendant
  • collateral estoppel in criminal setting must be applied “with realism and rationality,” and not hypertechnically

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Judges: Thayer

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