Opinion ID: 2759151
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Heading: First Indictments

Text: On January 20, 2006, a grand jury indicted the defendant on alternative counts of first degree felony murder, see RSA 630:1-a (2007), and second degree murder, see RSA 630:1-b. State v. Glenn, 160 N.H. 480, 483-84 (2010). The first degree felony murder indictment alleged that the defendant “did knowingly cause the death of . . . Gosselin before, after, while engaged in the commission of, or while attempting to commit robbery while armed with a deadly weapon, to wit, a gun, by shooting . . . Gosselin in the back with that deadly weapon.” Id. at 484 (quotation omitted). The second degree murder indictment alleged that the defendant “did recklessly cause the death of . . . Gosselin under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life by shooting him in the back with a gun.” Id. (quotation omitted). Following a jury trial, the defendant was acquitted of first degree murder. Id. at 485. However, the jury deadlocked on the second degree murder charge, and the trial court granted the defendant’s subsequent motion for mistrial on that charge. Id.