State v. Cohen

The defendant, Michael Cohen, appeals an order from the Concord District Court (Cullen, J.) denying his motion for return of property. We affirm.

The record supports the following. Cohen owns a record store in Concord. In 2002, the State executed a search warrant at the store and seized several hundred compact discs belonging to Cohen, which he had been offering for sale.

Cohen was charged with seven misdemeanor counts of transferring, with intent to sell, copies of recordings made without the express written consent of their owners or performers. See RSA 352-A-.2 (Supp. 2005). Cohen was never…