Defendant Christopher Gay was nvicted by jury of send gree murr and nspiracy to m robbery. He appealed the nvictns, argug the Superr Court erred nyg his motn to supprs evince obtaed om an allegedly unnstutnal search and seizure. Furthermore, he argued that the Trial Court erred excludg evince of an “alternative perpetrator” and allowg the State’s expert wns to ttify regardg certa footwear imprsns. Fdg no reversible error, the New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed.
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- GAY, BENT SENTENCED STEWART SLAYG
- CHRISTOPHER GAY TO BE SENTENCED FOR ASSLT AND ROBBERY 2015 CORY BENT WILL BE FOR MURR TODAY URT
- JURY LIBERATG CHRISTOPHER GAY MURR TRIAL
- NEW HAMPSHIRE V. GAY
GAY, BENT SENTENCED STEWART SLAYG
DOVER — Three years after the murr of 22-year-old Ryan Stewart Farmgton, Christopher Gay and Cory Bent were sentenced to prison for send-gree murr and nspiracy to m, who was found guilty last fall of fatally stabbg Stewart, durg a home vasn on Jan. Bent, who had ma a plea agreement wh the state exchange for his ttimony at Gay’s trial, was orred to serve 30 years to life prison for his role the ’s fense attorneys say they plan to appeal the sentence.
CHRISTOPHER GAY TO BE SENTENCED FOR ASSLT AND ROBBERY 2015 CORY BENT WILL BE FOR MURR TODAY URT
Speakg at Gay’s sentencg hearg at Strafford County Superr Court, Stewart’s mother Joanne Gagnon remembered her son’s passn, huy, and pth of character. ”Stewart’s grandmother Joan Gagnon said that murrg Stewart, Gay had taken away a son, a brother, and a grandson. “Ryan is now gone and you’re here, ” Joan said to Gay.
“I wish never happened, I wish Ryan uld be wh his fay aga, ” said Gay. ”Acrdg to prosecutors, though, Bent and Gay planned to attack Stewart at his home via text msag on Jan. 21, 2012, which Bent and Gay were planng to rob and asslt Stewart that eveng.
Bent ttified that he planned to beat up Stewart and that he asked Gay to e along as night of the murr, Bent armed himself wh brass knuckl while Gay brought a stiletto-type knife. He also ttified seeg Gay standg nearby holdg the knife. Prosecutors say that Gay was motivated by greed; after the attack, he foced on dividg up the money stolen om Stewart and cleang up Gay’s sentencg hearg Thursday, fense attorney Richard Samdperil said he and fense attorney Andrew Cotpi are disappoted wh Judge Brian Tucker’s orr to sentence Gay to 40 years to life prison.
JURY LIBERATG CHRISTOPHER GAY MURR TRIAL
“Chris’s role was lser and he should have received a lser sentence, ” he the hearg, he said Bent was motivated by revenge and retributn, not Gay.
Morrell, however, stated that Bent had shown remorse for his actns while Gay hadn’t. She said that ially the state was planng to remend a sentence of 35 years to life, but after receivg the prentencg vtigatn nducted by the Department of Correctns, the state creased s remend sentence bee Gay’s did not appear to take rponsibily for his actns durg the vtigatn.
She said his statements to the Department of Correctns about the circumstanc of Stewart’s ath were nsistent wh ttimony at trial — a claim that Gay’s fense attorneys addn to the prison sentence for send-gree murr, Gay was orred a ncurrent prison sentence of 7½ to 15 years for the nspiracy to m robbery charge. Gay, who already has 1, 124 days of pretrial nfement cred, was also orred to pay $12, 835 rtutn. DOVER — Christopher Gay, who is nvicted of killg 22-year-old Ryan Stewart Farmgton, will be sentenced Febary on send-gree asslt and nspiracy to m robbery, 29, formerly of Bunker Hill Road, Farmgton, was found guilty of the charg last month after a three-week a long trial at Strafford County Superr Court.
NEW HAMPSHIRE V. GAY
Although he was nvicted of send-gree murr, the jury last month found him not guilty of first-gree murr, which would have mandated Gay to serve life prison wh no chance of sentencg hearg for Gay was recently schled for Feb.
21, 2012, Gay and his former iend Cory Bent went to Stewart's home at 11 Worster St., Farmgton, to rob him, after Stewart began showg tert Bent's former girliend. He is schled for sentencg today at Strafford County Superr part of his operatn agreement, Bent promised tthful ttimony at Gay's trial exchange for a prison sentence of 30 years to life, meang he would be eligible for parole after 30 Gay is sentenced, a probatn and parole officer will nduct a prentencg vtigatn, which will clu examatn of Gay's crimal history and terviews wh Stewart's fay. Christopher Gay is servg 40 years to life prison for the ath of Ryan Stewart.