New Hampshire v. Gingras
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Defendant Timothy Gingras was convicted of reckless conduct, criminal threatening and criminal mischief following a jury trial in superior court. On appeal to the Supreme Court, he challenged only the criminal threatening and reckless conduct convictions, arguing the trial court erred in its jury instructions as to those charges, and that the court failed to give his proposed self-defense instruction. Upon review, the Supreme Court concluded that reversal was warranted due to the trial court's failure to give a complete jury instruction pertaining to the definition of "deadly force" on his self-defense claim. Accordingly, the Court remanded the case for a new trial.
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