State v. Cote

The defendant appeals three misdemeanor convictions for sexual assault and alleges numerous errors by the Trial Court (Nadeau, J.). The following issues are presented for our review: (1) whether, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress statements made by him to a police officer and welfare official, in the welfare official’s office, and subsequent statements to the same police officer at the Londonderry police station; (2) whether the trial court erred in allowing the State’s motion to vacate prior orders granting discovery in…