STATE v. COPELAND

No. 82-202.

124 N.H. 90 (1983)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. COSCO COPELAND.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

October 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Gregory W. Swope, attorney, on the brief, and T. David Plourde, attorney, orally), for the State.

James E. Duggan, appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


BROCK, J.

The defendant, Cosco Copeland, was convicted on three indictments charging him with burglary, theft of firearms, and disposing of stolen firearms. The sole issue on appeal is whether the Superior Court (Dalianis, J.) erred when it ruled that a confession the defendant had made to the police was admissible at trial. The defendant argues that, as a matter of law, the State failed to meet its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the confession...

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