Legal Opinion
State v. Howard
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 23, 1981No. 80-033PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrock, J.
This is a statutory rape case in which the defendant is charged with having had sexual relations with a girl under the age of thirteen in violation of RSA 632-A:2 XI (Supp. 1979), a class A felony. Certain evidentiary questions pertaining to the rape shield law, RSA 632-A:6 (Supp. 1979), were raised prior to trial and the Superior Court (Goode, J.) transferred four questions of law to this court.
Prior to trial, the State filed a motion in limine to limit any testimony regarding the prosecutrix’s prior consensual sexual activity in accordance with RSA 632-A:6 (Supp. 1979), the rape shield…
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