Legal Opinion
State v. Bean
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 31, 1977No. 6749PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBois, J.
Defendant was charged by indictment with the crime of attempted statutory rape under former RSA 585:16, which provided:
If any person shall ravish and carnally know any woman, committing carnal copulation with her by force, against her will, or if any man shall unlawfully and carnally know and abuse any woman child under the age of sixteen years, he shall be imprisoned not more than thirty years.
The charging portion of the indictment alleged that the defendant “did feloniously attempt to carnally know and abuse ..., a woman child under the age of 16 years, to wit, age 9 . . . .” We hold that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GosselinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- State v. InselburgSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974
- Maxie v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. MillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
- State v. GilbertSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1937
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BurnsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- State v. BussiereSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
- State v. EricksonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1987
- State v. ElliottSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1990
- Plotner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
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