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State v. Berry

Citations

  • 148 N.H. 88
  • 803 A.2d 593
  • 2002 N.H. LEXIS 98

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  • holding physical abuse of victim admissible to explain delay in reporting sexual assaults because victim testified she lived in constant fear
  • concluding evidence of defendant = s physical abuse of sexual abuse victim relevant to victim = s delay in reporting
  • when “record reveals that a reasonable fact finder necessarily would reach a certain conclusion, we may decide th[e] issue as a matter of law”
  • “[E]ven though the trial judge did not conduct [the correct evidentiary] analysis ... its decision to admit the evidence reached the correct result and reversal is not warranted.”
  • “when a lower tribunal has not addressed a factual issue, but the record reveals that a reasonable fact finder necessarily would reach a certain conclusion, we may decide that issue as a matter of law” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Brock, Duggan, Nadeau

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