Supreme Court of New Hampshire

State of New Hampshire v. Justin M. Lamontagne

April 26, 2023

Summary

The Supreme Court affirmed the defendant's conviction, holding that the trial court properly excluded testimony about the defendant's belief that a bondage image depicted the victim because the evidence was irrelevant to the issue of consent to disseminate the video. The court applied the rule that prior sexual activity does not imply consent to current conduct, as established in Mazzaglia and Higgins.