State v. Bean

The defendant, Gerard Bean, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (Nadeau, J.), of attempted kidnapping. See RSA 629:1 (Supp. 2005); RSA 633:1 (Supp. 2005). We affirm.

The jury could have found the following facts. On the evening of October 13, 2002, the victim, eight-year-old J.L., was at Park Place Lanes, a bowling alley in Windham, with her father, brother, sister, aunt and uncle. While the father bowled, the children were allowed to play right behind him or in the bowling alley’s arcade.

The defendant was also at the bowling alley. At times he talked to children…