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NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, One Charles Doe Drive, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, of any editorial errors in order that corrections may be made before the opinion goes to press. Errors may be reported by E-mail at the following address: reporter@courts.state.nh.us. Opinions are available on the Internet by 9:00 a.m. on the morning of their release. The direct address of the court's home page is: http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme. THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ___________________________ Grafton No. 2009-145 THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. HAROLD OAKES Argued: September 15, 2010 Opinion Issued: December 7, 2010 Michael A. Delaney, attorney general (Nicholas Cort, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State. Sisti Law Offices, of Chichester (Mark L. Sisti on the brief and orally), for the defendant. HICKS, J. The defendant, Harold Oakes, appeals his conviction on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2 (2007) (amended 2008); RSA 632-A:3 (2007) (amended 2008). He argues that the Superior Court (Bornstein, J.) erred by: (1) denying his motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; (2) denying his motion to compel depositions; (3) permitting the State to amend the indictments; (4) granting the State's motion to exclude evidence of the victim's prior and subsequent allegations of sexual assault; (5) granting the State's

motion to exclude the defendant from testifying about the duration of his interview with the police; and (6) ordering restitution. We affirm. The record supports the following facts. On November 8, 2007, Sadie Tetreault, a foster care mother, reported to the Vermont Department of Children and Families (DCF) that the defendant had sexually abused her foster daughter, E.N., a child under the age of thirteen. The DCF Investigator reported the allegations to the Enfield Police Department. The Enfield Police contacted the defendant and interviewed him for one and a half hours on December 1, 2007. On December 6, 2007, the defendant arrived at the police station at 9:00 a.m. to take a polygraph test. After the polygraph, a detective interviewed him from 12:30 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. On February 15, 2008, the defendant was indicted on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of sexual assault. In July 2008, he filed a motion to compel deposition testimony from both of his interviewing officers and the polygraph examiner in order to develop evidence that he had given a false confession. The State objected, arguing that the individuals had already provided detailed statements, rendering depositions unnecessary. The trial court denied the defendant's motion, finding that the relevant issues were not complex, the defendant could discover the information by "other means," and the depositions were not "necessary." See RSA 517:13, II (2007); State v. Fernandez, 152 N.H. 233 (2005). In August 2008, the State moved to amend the original indictments to expand the time frame of the alleged incidents from January 1, 2005 through December 1, 2005, to January 1, 2005 through September 1, 2006. The State argued that time was not an element of the offense and the amendments were "a matter of form and not substance." The defendant filed no objection. On September 3, 2008, the trial court granted the motion. In November 2008, the defendant filed a motion to exclude any testimony about the polygraph examination and results, which the trial court granted. In response, the State moved that the defendant be precluded from discussing the time of his arrival at the police station, arguing that it would confuse the jury since the State was not permitted to discuss the polygraph test. Over the defendant's objection, the trial court granted the State's motion, ruling that the defendant could not testify to the time he spent in the police station for the polygraph test if the State didn't "have an opportunity to explain what [the polygraph examiner] was doing there or why." Before trial, the State filed a motion to exclude evidence of the victim's prior and subsequent sexual assault allegations, after receiving notification from the defendant that he intended to call three witnesses to testify that the

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victim falsely accused them of sexual assault. The State argued that the evidence was not admissible pursuant to Superior Court Rule 100-A and New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 403. The State further argued that the evidence was irrelevant and would result in a "trial within a trial," because the victim maintained that the assaults did occur. The defendant objected, arguing that: (1) Superior Court Rule 100-A does not apply to "false allegations" of sexual activity; (2) the victim was not unfairly prejudiced under Rule 403 because she cannot "justify deceit"; and (3) the evidence was relevant to the victim's credibility. The trial court granted the State's motion, finding the prior allegations had minimal probative value that was "substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice - - confusion of the issues and misleading the jury." At the conclusion of the State's case, the defendant orally moved to dismiss the three charges, arguing that the State failed to prove the defendant committed any of the acts "for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification," an element of RSA 632-A:2, II (2007). He further argued that the State failed to satisfy its burden on the remaining charge brought pursuant to RSA 632-A:3. The trial court, construing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, ruled that the State had "produced sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could infer or find guilt," and denied the defendant's motion. On the last day of trial, the State filed a motion in limine to prevent the defendant from testifying to the time of his arrival at the police station for his second interview. The defendant had referenced the time period in his opening statement and in the testimony of two defense witnesses. The State argued that the ruling on the defendant's previous motion in limine excluded all references to the polygraph, including the length of time that the defendant was in the station to take it. The defendant did not object, stating, "No, I believe that's all decided and agreed to, Your Honor." The trial court granted the State's motion, finding it consistent with its previous ruling on the motion to exclude the polygraph testimony, where the court had found that "the evidence regarding the time at which [the polygraph examiner] arrived" was inadmissible. The jury convicted the defendant on all three charges. As part of its sentencing recommendation, the State requested restitution to pay for any future counseling for the victim. Because the victim had not yet incurred medical bills, the State recommended an amount not to exceed $10,000. The State indicated that once a bill was submitted from the victim, the defendant or the department of corrections could request a hearing to review the submission. The trial court imposed restitution consistent with the State's request. The defendant objected, arguing that it was an unconstitutional indefinite sentence without any basis in the record. The trial court found that "in the context of this particular sentence," it was not unconstitutional because

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the victim was likely to incur counseling costs and the sentence imposed a ceiling on those costs. Additionally, the trial court found that the defendant could "challenge the amount of restitution if he disputes the reasonableness of the bills." I. Sufficiency of the Evidence

On appeal, the defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. The State counters that the victim's testimony describing the assaults, and the defendant's written and oral statements to police, were sufficient to establish the elements of the three charges. In challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the defendant must "prove that no rational trier of fact, viewing all of the evidence and all reasonable inferences from it in the light most favorable to the State, could have found guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." State v. Ericson, 159 N.H. 379, 385 (2009). We will consider the entire trial record because the defendant chose to present a case after unsuccessfully moving to dismiss the indictments. Id. At trial, the victim testified that the defendant touched her several times on her vagina and her buttocks. She testified that the defendant complimented her body, and that he threatened her and her family if she told anyone about what had occurred. She further testified that the defendant digitally penetrated her, and she marked a plastic glove indicating the depth of penetration. The officer who conducted the first interview with the defendant testified that he admitted to being alone with the victim "[f]our times." In response to the officer's question whether he ever thought about "touching a kid," the defendant stated, "everybody thinks about it." The officer who conducted the second interview of the defendant testified that he admitted to "tickle wrestling" with the victim and purposely inserting his fingertips into her, but stopped because "he knew it was wrong." He read aloud the defendant's written statement that "[o]nly tips of a finger was [sic] inserted when I touched her." He also read aloud an apology letter that the defendant wrote to the victim that stated, "I am sorry for the incident that occurred, but it was an accident and I would like to apologize to you. I hope you can forgive me about [sic] this." The defendant testified that any touching of the victim that may have occurred was accidental. He testified that the second interview was "very aggressive," and that he could not remember writing a statement because his "brain was fried" by the end of the interview. He testified that he was "browbeated" [sic] during the interview and that his written statement used the officer's words, not his own words.

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The evaluation of witness credibility and the weight given to witnesses' testimony "were issues for the jury to resolve." State v. Spinale, 156 N.H. 456, 465 (2007). The jury heard contradictory testimony from the witnesses, but found the defendant guilty on all three counts. "The jury was free to accept or reject any portion of the victim's testimony in its deliberations. When there is conflicting factual testimony, we defer to the findings of the jury unless no reasonable person could have come to the same conclusion." Ericson, 159 N.H. at 386 (citation omitted). In viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the testimony of the victim and the police officers provided more than sufficient evidence for a rational trier of fact to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt on all three counts. In so holding, we reject the defendant's argument that the indictments "should have been merged for sentencing" because the evidence was "insufficient to prove multiple acts." The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss. II. Motion to Compel Depositions

The defendant argues that depositions of the interviewing police officers and polygraph examiner were necessary to support his claim that he made a false and/or involuntary confession. He argues that there was no other way to determine the "methodology used by the police in their interrogation of him." The State argues that the interview techniques used by the officers were "within the defendant's personal knowledge." The State noted that the defendant "could have moved to exclude his confession as involuntary and questioned the same witnesses at an evidentiary hearing." The trial court, relying on RSA 517:13, II and Fernandez, denied the request, finding that the issues were not "complex" and the depositions were not "necessary," because the defendant could discover the information by "other means." See Fernandez, 152 N.H. at 236-37; RSA 517:13, II. We will evaluate the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion under the unsustainable exercise of discretion standard. See Fernandez, 152 N.H. at 236. "To prevail, the defendant must demonstrate that the court's ruling was clearly untenable or unreasonable to the prejudice of his case." Id. Under RSA 517:13, II, the trial court has the discretion to compel depositions of a witness in a criminal case where the moving party shows by "a preponderance of the evidence that such deposition is necessary." RSA 517:13, II. A deposition is necessary "[t]o ensure a fair trial, avoid surprise or for other good cause shown." RSA 517:13, II(b). "In determining the necessity, the court shall consider the complexity of the issues involved, other opportunities or information available to discover the information sought by the deposition, and any other special or exceptional circumstances which may exist." Id.

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In Fernandez, we upheld the trial court's denial of the defendant's request for depositions because the defendant had "ample information to prepare his defense." Fernandez, 152 N.H. at 236 (quotation omitted). The defendant attempts to distinguish Fernandez, arguing that here the partial transcript and officers' reports were insufficient. However, as the trial court found, the defendant could have challenged the voluntariness of his confession and moved to suppress it. At the hearing, the defendant would have had an opportunity to cross-examine both of the officers and the polygraph examiner. See, e.g., State v. Hall, 148 N.H. 671, 672 (2002) (explaining standard for evaluating voluntariness of a confession after suppression hearing). Here, as in Fernandez, "the trial court weighed the statutory factors and properly ruled that the defendant had not met his burden of establishing necessity." Fernandez, 152 N.H. at 236 (quotation omitted). In his brief, the defendant makes passing reference to "Part I, Article 15 of the New Hampshire Constitution and the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution." "Because the defendant has not developed his constitutional arguments, we decline to address them." State v. Lott, 152 N.H. 436, 443 (2005); see State v. Chick, 141 N.H. 503, 504 (1996) (defendant waived constitutional claims by failing to elaborate on them.). III. Amendments to the Indictments

The defendant argues that, although he did not object to the amendments of his indictments below, the trial court committed plain error in granting the State's motion. He argues that the amendments were "a substantive change in the charge" and not merely "a change in the form." In response, the State argues that time was not an element of any of the charged offenses; thus, the amendments were a change in form, not substance. The State further argues that the change was not prejudicial because the defendant did not assert "an alibi defense" or other "defense based on lack of opportunity." The plain error rule allows us to exercise our discretion to correct errors not raised in the trial court that affect "substantial rights." Sup. Ct. R. 16-A. To find plain error: "(1) there must be error; (2) the error must be plain[;] (3) the error must affect substantial rights; and (4) the error must seriously affect the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings." State v. Hancock, 156 N.H. 301, 303 (2007) (quotation omitted). We find error under this rule "sparingly," and only to prevent "a miscarriage of justice." State v. Matey, 153 N.H. 263, 266 (2006) (quotations omitted). Part I, Article 15 of the State Constitution provides that "no subject shall be held to answer for any crime, or offense, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described to him." N.H. CONST. pt. I, art. 15. A

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defendant "has a right to rely upon the information contained in an indictment in preparing his defense, and a court cannot permit a defendant to be tried on charges that are not made in the indictment against him." State v. Erickson, 129 N.H. 515, 519 (1987) (quotation omitted). A trial court "may amend indictments in form, but not in substance." State v. Bathalon, 146 N.H. 485, 489 (2001); see RSA 601:8 (2001). Amendments in form are permissible because "they do not jeopardize the right to be tried only on charges that have been passed on by a grand jury." State v. Elliott, 133 N.H. 759, 764 (1990) (quotation omitted). Some amendments are not easily classified as affecting the form or the substance of the indictment. Id. [B]etween these two extremes is the amendment that does not alter the crime charged in an indictment, but changes an allegation in the indictment that has the effect of specifying and circumscribing the scope of the crime alleged; for instance, an allegation of how the crime was committed. Such an allegation is part of the indictment's substance, but it is not as protected from trial court amendment as an element of the offense charged. Id. (quotation and citation omitted). The test for whether a changed allegation "causes an impermissible amendment of the indictment is whether the change prejudices the defendant either in his ability to understand properly the charges against him or in his ability to prepare his defense." Id. (quotation omitted). Here, the State's amendment of the indictments was a change in the allegation, which had the "effect of specifying and circumscribing the scope of the crime alleged." Id. (quotation omitted). Thus, the defendant must prove that the change prejudiced his ability to "understand properly the charges" or "prepare his defense." Id. (quotation omitted). The defendant argues that he prepared a defense only to any alleged assaults occurring between January 1, 2005 and December 1, 2005. We find no merit to this argument. During his interview at the police station, the defendant admitted to being alone with the victim on four occasions. At trial the defendant testified that he never touched the victim, and any touching that may have occurred was accidental. This argument does not rely upon the originally specified time frame. The defendant has never asserted an alibi defense or lack of access to the victim; nor has he established any prejudice to his defense due to the change in the time frame of the indictments. Further, the trial court granted the State's motion on September 3, 2008. The defendant's trial was held in mid-November 2008. The defendant had sufficient time to understand the charges and prepare any additional defenses before trial. See id. The trial court committed no error, much less plain error, in permitting amendment of the indictments.

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IV.

Evidence of the Victim's Prior and Subsequent Allegations of Assault

Before trial, the defendant sought to introduce testimony from three witnesses that the victim had made false allegations of sexual misconduct against others, both before and after the allegations against the defendant. The defendant argues that the trial court's order granting the State's motion to exclude this evidence denied the defendant "the opportunity to inquire into and cross-examine the truthfulness of his accuser." The defendant argues that under a Kornbrekke analysis, the victim's "history of making false sexual abuse allegations" was probative. See State v. Kornbrekke, 156 N.H. 821 (2008). The State argues that under Rule 608(b) of the New Hampshire Rules of Evidence, the inquiry on cross-examination is only admissible if it is "probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness." The State argues that for none of the witnesses "can it be said that the accusation was shown to be false, even by a preponderance of the evidence." In its brief, the State seeks to distinguish Kornbrekke. We afford the trial courts "broad discretion to determine the scope of cross-examination or the admissibility of evidence." Id. at 823. We review challenges to a trial court's evidentiary rulings under our unsustainable exercise of discretion standard and reverse only if the rulings are clearly untenable or unreasonable to the prejudice of a party's case. State v. Forbes, 157 N.H. 570, 572 (2008). Under New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 608(b): Specific instances of the conduct of a witness, for the purpose of attacking or supporting the witness' credibility, other than conviction of crime as provided in Rule

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