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HB1274: relative to evidence admissible in sexual assault cases.
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Sponsors
- Gary Hopper House · Hills 48
- Pierre Bruno House · Hills 45
- Harriet Cady House · Rock 73
- Omer Ahern House · Belk 29
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HB 1274 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03-2161
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1274
AN ACT relative to evidence admissible in sexual assault cases.
ANALYSIS
This bill requires the court to admit into evidence any pattern of specific behavior, sometimes referred to as "grooming" behavior, undertaken by the actor prior to a sexual assault for the purpose of gaining the trust of the victim, regardless of the prejudicial effect which may result.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-2161
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to evidence admissible in sexual assault cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Sexual Assault; Testimony and Evidence. Amend RSA 632-A:6 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Any pattern of specific behavior, sometimes referred to as "grooming" behavior, undertaken by the actor prior to a sexual assault for the purpose of gaining the trust of the victim, shall be admitted into evidence regardless of the prejudicial effect which may result.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.