Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 12/4/2009
State v. Kelley
Citations
- 986 A.2d 620
- 159 N.H. 449
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that, in DUI 3 prosecution, officer’s direct observations of defendant’s behavior and statements constitute direct evidence of impairment
- distinguishing circumstantial from direct evidence of impairment within the context of driving while intoxicated
- finding evidence sufficient to support DUI conviction when, after officer stopped defendant for crossing double yellow line, defendant exhibited signs of impairment, failed field sobriety tests, and admitted to having consumed alcohol
- direct evidence, if accepted as true, directly proves the fact for which it is offered, without need for fact finder to draw any inferences
- “Direct evidence is evidence which, if accepted as true, directly proves the fact for which it is offered, without the need for the factfinder to draw any inferences.” (Quotation omitted.)
- distinguishing direct from circumstantial evidence
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Judges: Dalianis, Broderick, Duggan, Hicks, Conboy
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. GermainSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-11-05· cited 34×
- State v. SaundersSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2012-11-09· cited 26×
- State v. Samuel PennockSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2015-10-27· cited 23×
- State v. FurgalSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2012-12-21· cited 14×
- State of New Hampshire v. Alex DucharmeSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2015-05-12· cited 12×
- State of New Hampshire v. Albert J. Boutin, IIISupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2016-03-08· cited 11×
- State v. Owen LabrieSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2018-11-06· cited 10×
- State v. LopezSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2011-06-15· cited 8×
- State v. MwangiSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2011-04-12· cited 5×
- State v. CharestSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2012-10-16· cited 3×
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-04-30· cited 3×
- State v. ChalpinSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2024-07-12· cited 1×
- State v. Jonathan L. WoodburySupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2019-07-11
- State of New Hampshire v. Brenna CavanaughSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2020-12-29
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. Robert James AndrinoNinth Circuit· 1974-07-10· cited 70×
- State v. ArsenaultSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1975-03-31· cited 54×
- State v. HullSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-07-21· cited 45×
- Nichols v. StateIndiana Supreme Court· 1992-04-27· cited 34×
- State v. Wayne KelleySupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-01-24· cited 31×
- State v. DahoodSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-12-20· cited 28×
- State v. O'MALEYSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2007-09-05· cited 26×
- State v. NewcombSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1995-08-01· cited 21×
- State v. CrieSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2006-11-28· cited 14×
- State v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2008-03-12· cited 13×
- State v. LortonSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-08-01· cited 12×
- State v. HoflandSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2004-08-27· cited 12×
- George v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-10-23· cited 9×
- State v. GowenSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-11-24· cited 5×
- State v. RogersSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2009-07-02· cited 4×
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