State v. MacMillan

The State appeals an order of the Superior Court (T. Nadeau, J.) denying the State’s motion in limine to admit testimony pertaining to an Internet conversation between the defendant, Roland MacMillan, and Detective Frank Warchol of the Portsmouth Police Department. We reverse and remand.

The following facts are undisputed. On August 22, 2002, Detective Warchol posed as a fourteen-year-old girl in an Internet chat room using the screen name “Kimmiesue87.” The defendant, using the screen name ‘Willpay4BJ,” contacted “Kimmiesue87” through a private instant message. After being told that she was…