Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1/31/2017

State v. William Edic

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169 N.H. 580

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concluding that the exclusion of testimony from prison officers was inconsequential in light of other evidence, including a cooperation agreement, bearing on a witness’ motives to testify against the defendant
noting that error in evidentiary ruling may be harmless if evidence of guilt was overwhelming and improperly admitted or excluded evidence was cumulative or inconsequential
evidence that the defendant flushed a towel used to clean the victim’s blood down a toilet constituted evidence of consciousness of guilt
“The general rule in this jurisdiction is that a contemporaneous and specific objection is required to preserve an issue for appellate review.”
evidence that the defendant flushed the towel he used to clean up the victim’s blood down toilet constituted evidence that he was conscious of his guilt
excluded evidence of a recorded telephone call for the purpose of attacking a prison witness’ motives for testifying was cumulative of other admitted evidence that 5 the witness was motivated by a desire to get out of prison

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Judges: Hicks, Dalianis, Conboy, Lynn, Bassett

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