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Criminal Law Keyed to Weaver
State v. Simone
Citation:
152 N.H. 755, 887 A.2d 135 (2005)Facts
Olson worked for the U.S. Census Bureau as a field service rep. Olson went door to door to conduct census surveys. After, she would contact via phone calls and visits if necessary until she had acquired sufficient evidence. Olson went to Simone’s to do a census survey, after which multiple phone calls and one more visit to obtain sufficient information. After the survey was complete Simone kept calling Olson and eventually told her that he was interested in her. Olson told Simone that she was married and not interested. Simone kept calling, and would keep calling and leaving messages until she would answer. Olson contacted the police, police spoke with Simone, Olson obtained a protective order prohibiting Simone from contacting her. Simone continued contacting Olson. Simone talked about suicidal thoughts, that it was worth contacting her even though he would “rot” in jail. Simone said he had a lot of demons inside but wouldn’t hurt Olson.Olson made several calls to the police and the police talked to Simone on multiple occasions. One day Simone left 20 messages saying he was sorry it had come to this and he was sorry he lost her and everything he loves. He also told Olson to not return the packages and letters that were on the way. Olson called the police. Simone continued to call Olson. Months later Simone was indicted for stalking, and eventually tried and convicted.
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