State v. Collins

The defendant appeals his conviction for misdemeanor sexual assault under RSA 632-A:4, and alleges that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to prove that the defendant used a position of authority to coerce the victim to submit to sexual contact under the statute. See RSA 632-A:2, X. We affirm.

*489The defendant was hired by the Derry School District in 1979 as a psychometrist. His job involved working with students having learning difficulties, including the victim, age 14, with whom he worked on a regular basis while she was in sixth and seventh grade. The victim testified at the…