Rockingham County Attorney
State of New Hampshire

 

JULY 2010

ISSUE 7

VOLUME XII

CASE

NEWS

STATE

VS

RICHARD WALSH

 

 

 

 

STAFF NEWS

Attorney Michael Zaino has returned to our office after a three year hiatus as a part-time Assistant US Attorney and a part-time Hillsborough Assistant County Attorney.  Please welcome him back.  He will be assigned to Area 2 cases.

Rockingham Superior Court Judge Kenneth McHugh will return to work on August 16, 2010.  He is recovering from having quadruple by-pass surgery in May.

The Court has added three additional furlough dates.  Court will be closed on 7/2, 8/6, 9/3, 10/8, 11/12 and 12/23.  As in the previous furlough days, our office will remain open.   There are no jury trials scheduled in July 2010.   Additionally, the clerk’s office closes at 12:00 pm on Wednesdays until further notice.

SENTENCING HEARINGS

7/1/10-Hansen, Luke-FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER

7/6/10-Gynan, Kimberly-UTTERING A FALSE RX

7/6/10-Musisi, Nicole-FALISYING PHSICAL EVIDENCE, ATTEMPTED

7/7/10-Smith, Collen-FORGERY

7/9/10-Falasca, Eileen-UTTERING A FALSE RX

7/9/10-Myers, Carter-1SR DEGREE ASSAULT

7/12/10-Archambault, Chelsea-2ND DEGREE ASSAULT

7/14/10-Vega, Israel-THEFT BY UNAUTHORIZED TAKING

7/19/10-Alman, Kory-POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED DRUG

7/19/10-Barth, Anthony-RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY

7/23/10-Catenacci, Mark-POSSESSION CONTROLLED DRUG

7/27/10-Lambert, Kenneth-RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY

 

 CAC INTERVIEWS

     The defendant appeals his conviction on two Felonious Sexual Assault charges arguing that the trial court erred in allowing the State to play the video recording of the victim’s interview at the Children’s Advocacy Center for the jury.  The defendant contends that the passage of time as well as a lay attempt to record the victim’s account after she first disclosed the assault to her mother made the Children's Advocacy Center statement more prejudicial than probative.  The defendant also argues that playing the entire video  recording was not a narrowly tailored, logically relevant  response to his challenge to the victim’s credibility.  The NH Supreme Court ruled that the trial court’s decision to admit the whole tape is sustainable, and they were not persuaded by the defendant’s claim of prejudice.  Case affirmed.