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State v. Nadeau

Citations

  • 126 N.H. 120
  • 489 A.2d 623
  • 1985 N.H. LEXIS 257

How courts have described this case

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  • discouraging the technical application of court rules and noting that Rule 98 “provides no sanction for failure to comply with its terms”
  • judge at first trial excluded late-disclosed confession, and judge at retrial allowed confession into evidence only during cross-examination and rebuttal
  • trial court has broad discretion in balancing the prejudicial effect of evidence against its probative value
  • absent contemporaneous objection, untimely request for jury instructions does not give notice to the court necessary to preserve an issue addressed by the requested instruction
  • “No rule or case in this State binds a second judge to a previous trial judge’s [] ruling.”

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Judges: King

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