State v. Dustin

The defendant appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of criminal restraint under RSA 633:2. He focuses his challenge on the trial court’s decision to permit certain allegedly prejudicial statements and questions by the prosecution. We affirm his conviction.

On the evening of July 27, 1979, the complainant, twenty-two-year-old Brenda Baron, was hitchhiking from Nashua to Merrimack. The defendant, Frank Dustin, and Donald Croto, a companion of his, were passing by in a pickup truck and stopped to give *546her a ride. Miss Baron entered the truck, which was driven by the defendant, and sat…