STATE v. TAPPLY

No. 82-476.

124 N.H. 318 (1983)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. DONALDSON TAPPLY, JR.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Smith, attorney general (Brian T. Tucker and Peter W. Mosseau, assistant attorneys general, on the brief, and Donald J. Perrault and Mr. Mosseau orally), for the State.

Edward J. Burke and William H. Kennedy, of Keene (Mr. Burke and Mr. Kennedy on the brief, and Mr. Burke orally), for the defendant.


PER CURIAM.

The issue presented in this interlocutory appeal from a superior court ruling in a second-degree murder case is whether certain inculpatory statements made by the defendant in response to police questioning should be suppressed because they were obtained in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights. We hold that the statements must be suppressed, and therefore reverse.

The defendant attacks the admission of the statements on the basis...

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