New Hampshire v. Plantamuro
Annotate this CaseDefendant Shawn Plantamuro appealed his convictions by jury on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, one count of felonious sexual assault, and one count of felony indecent exposure and lewdness. In May 2016, defendant was convicted of sexually abusing the victim, who was born in 2007. At the time of the abuse, which occurred between 2012 and 2014, the victim and her mother lived in the same neighborhood as defendant. The victim would often go to defendant’s house to visit him and his mother. The victim testified that the assaults took place in defendant’s bedroom, which was, essentially, a porch converted into a bedroom. The victim testified that defendant showed her videos in which “[r]eal people” were “naked and . . . having sex”; she also testified that defendant told her that he was “going to do this to [her] one day.” According to the victim, defendant subsequently engaged in sexual activity with her and masturbated in front of her. She testified that this activity occurred on four occasions. On appeal, he argued that the Superior Court erred by: (1) excluding “evidence about the circumstances of” the victim’s disclosure of the assaults to her mother; and (2) prohibiting the defendant’s ex-wife from testifying that he “is sexually attracted to women, not to children.” Finding no reversible error, the New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed.
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