7/1/08-Skerry, John C.-CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
7/3/08-Wieder, Katherine-FRAUDULENT HANDLING OF RECORDS
7/3/08-Adams, Alan-CRIMINALTHREATENING
7/9/08-Pomeroy, Steve A.-AFSA
7/17/08-Szpyt, James M.-RECKLESS CONDUCT
7/28/08-Gordon, Sean F.-ASSAULT 2ND DEGREE
7/29/08-Krizanek, Cathryn J.-CRIMINAL THREATENING
SUPREME COURT NEWS
Jerry Jones appeals his convictions for AGGRAVATED FELONIOUS SEXUAL ASSAULT. He argues that the trial court erred by admitting testimony that he possessed child pornography on his computer. Defense counsel for Jones stated in his opening that the State’s case was weak because there were no “objective signs” that corroborated the victim’s story adding “Ask yourselves whether there is any other evidence to back up these statements or whether her descriptions of these things are bizarre and farfetched.” During cross-examination, the victim’s aunt was asked by defense counsel if she had ever seen the defendant viewing pornography on his computer, found evidence that anyone had viewed pornography on the computer, or seen the defendant showing the victim pornography or playing pornographic games on the computer. The state argued that this “opened the door” to testimony that the aunt had found pornography on the defendant’s computer when she searched his computer after the victim disclosed the assaults to her. The trial court agreed and allowed the testimony to rebut the impression that the defendant did not possess or look at child pornography. The NH Supreme Court found no error in the trial court’s admission of the Aunt’s testimony on redirect examination. Attorney Brad Bolton and Attorney Jerome Blanchard prosecuted the case at the Rockingham Superior Court.
