State v. Mason

The defendant, Daniel Mason, was convicted by a jury in Superior Court (Smukler, J.) of two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, see RSA 632-A:2 (1996), one count of felonious sexual assault, see RSA 632-A:3 (1996), one count of second-degree assault, see RSA 631:2 (1996), and one count of witness tampering, see RSA 641:5 (1996). We reverse and remand.

*55The jury could have found the following facts. The defendant lived with the minor victim for a number of years in Laconia. He was the boyfriend of the victim’s mother. Following an argument on the evening of March 15, 2000, the…