Legal Opinion

State v. Decato

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided August 28, 2013No. 2012-083PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHlCKS, J.

The defendant, William Decato, appeals his convictions, following a jury trial in Superior Court (Brown, J.), for aggravated felonious sexual assault, see RSA 632-A:2, I (2007) (amended 2012), attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault, see id.; RSA 629:1 (2007), kidnapping, see RSA 633:1 (2007), burglary, see RSA 635:1 (2007), and falsifying physical evidence, see RSA 641:6 (2007), on the ground that he was incompetent to stand trial. We affirm.

The jury could have found the following facts. On August 25, 2009, at around 10:00 p.m., the defendant broke into the victim’s home through a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. State v. BrooksOhio Supreme Court · 1986
  3. United States v. Louis RinchackCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Morrow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
  5. United States v. Rodney AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006

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3Cited by3 opinions

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