Legal Opinion
State v. Bortner
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 2, 2004No. 2003-069PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuggan, J.
The defendant, Amanda Bortner, appeals her convictions in Superior Court (T. Nadeau, J.) on two class A misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child. See RSA 639:3,1 (1996). We affirm.
The jury could have found the following facts. The defendant began dating Chad Evans in the summer of 2000. In September 2000, she and her nineteen-month-old daughter, Kassidy, moved in with Evans and his son, Kyle.
Shortly thereafter, bruises began appearing on Kassidy and she had difficulty walking. The defendant later told police that these bruises were caused by Evans. According to the defendant,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
- State v. PorelleSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
- State v. FrostSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1996
- State v. O'LearySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. LittlefieldSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2005
- State v. PierceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2005
- State v. O'LearySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2006
- State v. BurkeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2006
- State v. DrakeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2007
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