Legal Opinion

State v. Melvin

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided October 9, 1989No. 88-206PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*309Memorandum Opinion

THAYER, J.

The defendant was convicted following a jury trial on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault of his fifteen-year-old daughter. The defendant argues on appeal that the Trial Court {Gray, J.) erred in admitting at trial statements which he made to a minister during spiritual counseling when the minister’s wife was also present. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

According to testimony adduced at trial, the defendant’s daughter first informed her mother in January 1987 that the defendant had been having sexual intercourse with her and had threatened to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re Brenda H.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
  2. State v. LaRocheSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1982

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FitzpatrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
  2. State v. WillisSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2013
  3. State v. DilboySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2010
  4. Klonoski v. MahlabDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1996
  5. Klonoski v. MahlabDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1996

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