State v. Tonzola

Defendant Nicholas Tonzola appeals his conviction, following a bench trial, of three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct (L & L) and two counts of perjury. The State charged defendant with six counts of sexual misconduct with five women while defendant was employed as an electroencephalogram (EEG) technician at Vermont State Hospital and Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, where, at various times during the latter part of 1988, the women were patients. The court acquitted defendant on one count of L & L and two counts of sexual assault involving two of the patients. The perjury charges…