STATE v. COSSETTE

No. 2003-142

151 N.H. 355 (2004)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. THOMAS P. COSSETTE

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Opinion Issued: August 31, 2004


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly A. Ayotte, attorney general (Susan P. McGinnis, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Dawnangela Minton, assistant appellate defender, of Concord, on the brief, and Chris McLaughlin, assistant appellate defender, of Concord, orally, for the defendant.


DUGGAN, J.

The defendant, Thomas P. Cossette, was convicted after a jury trial in Superior Court (O'Neill, J.) on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault (AFSA). See RSA 632-A:2, I (Supp. 2003). On appeal, the defendant argues that: (1) the trial court erred in granting the State's motion to join the charges; (2) the State presented insufficient evidence to prove that the defendant had authority over the victim, which he used to coerce her...

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