Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 7/27/1992

State v. Mills

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136 N.H. 46
611 A.2d 1104
1992 N.H. LEXIS 128

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single, specific objection concerning competency of child witness rendered other related arguments unpreserved
in deciding motion for new trial based upon recantation, trial judge determines whether new evidence is credible, then whether different result on retrial is probable
because, in determining witness competency, so much depends on trial judge’s observation of witness, great deference given to judge’s determination
great deference owed trial judge’s decision on witness competency because of his “overall firsthand impressions” and “[b]ecause so much depends upon his observation of the witness”
“When the purported new evidence is a recantation by a prosecution witness, the third prong of this test will not be met if the trial judge finds as a threshold matter that the recantation is not credible.”
specific objection concerning competency of child witness rendered other related arguments unpreserved

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