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HB106: relative to corroborating evidence in sexual assault prosecutions.
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Sponsors
- William Marsh House · Carr 8
- Jess Edwards House · Rock 4
- Mary Heath House · Hills 14
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HB 106 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0237
04/03
HOUSE BILL 106
AN ACT relative to corroborating evidence in sexual assault prosecutions.
ANALYSIS
This bill provides that a victim's testimony in a sexual assault case shall require corroboration only in cases where the defendant has no prior convictions for sexual assault.
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17-0237
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to corroborating evidence in sexual assault prosecutions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Sexual Assault and Related Offenses; Testimony and Evidence. Amend RSA 632-A:6, I to read as follows:
I. The testimony of the victim shall [not be required to] be corroborated in prosecutions under this chapter only in cases where the defendant has no prior convictions under this chapter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.