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Hillsborough-northern judicial district No. 2009-048

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. MICHAEL ADDISON Argued: July 14, 2010 Opinion Issued: October 19, 2010 Michael A. Delaney, attorney general (Peter Hinckley, assistant attorney general, & a., on the brief, and Mr. Hinckley orally), for the State. Richard Guerriero, public defender, of Concord, and David M. Rothstein, deputy chief appellate defender, of Concord, on the brief, and Mr. Guerriero orally, for the defendant. HICKS, J. The defendant, Michael Addison, appeals his convictions for armed robbery and being a felon in possession of a weapon. See RSA 636:1 (2007); RSA 159:3 (2002). On appeal, he argues that the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) erred by: (1) denying his motions to continue; (2) refusing to give cross-racial identification jury instructions; (3) informing the venire that he was charged with the murder of a police officer, see State v. Addison, 159 N.H. 87 (2009); and (4) denying his motion to suppress an in-court identification. We affirm.

The following facts are not in dispute or are supported by the record. On October 10, 2006, two armed men entered El Mexicano restaurant in Manchester while a third waited in a car. The first man, later identified as Antoine Bell-Rogers, carrying a handgun, went into the kitchen of the restaurant where owner Jos

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