State v. Page
The State of New Hampshire v. Edwin W. Page, II
Opinion of the Court
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Memorandum Opinion
Defendant asserts that this court erred in the case of Novosel v. Helgemoe, 118 N.H. 115 , 384 A.2d 124 (1978), when it concluded that sanity should not be treated as an element of crime to be proved by the State beyond a reasonable doubt, but that insanity should be an affirmative defense to be proved by the defendant by a preponderance of the evidence. Id. at 126-27 , 384 A.2d at 130-31 . The jury in this case found the defendant to be sane and convicted him of kidnapping and aggravated felonious sexual assault. After sentencing by Contas, J., defendant brought this appeal, asserting that only the legislature could make the insanity defense an affirmative one.
We see no reason to reexamine our holding in Novosel .
Affirmed.
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