STATE v. ST. JOHN

No. 79-214.

120 N.H. 61 (1980)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. HARRY ST. JOHN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

January 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general (Deborah J. Cooper, assistant attorney general, orally), for the State.

Cathy J. Green, of Manchester, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


PER CURIAM.

The issues in this aggravated felonious sexual assault case are whether the trial court abused its discretion by finding the six-year-old victim competent to testify as a witness and whether the evidence was sufficient to prove penetration. We uphold the conviction.

The defendant was indicted for aggravated felonious sexual assault by engaging in sexual penetration in the form of fellatio with a six-year-old female. During the course of the trial...

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