State v. Lurvey

The defendant appeals his conviction on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. RSA 632-A:2 (Supp. 1983). The issue on appeal is whether the Trial Court (Pappagianis, J.) improperly admitted evidence of a scientific test that analyzed a stain found on the victim’s clothing and identified it as semen. We affirm.

The victim in this case was sexually assaulted at the Manchester YMCA in May 1984; at the time she was thirteen years old. On appeal, the defendant does not dispute the victim’s or the prosecutor’s allegation that a sexual assault occurred. Rather, he challenges the…