Supreme Court of New Hampshire January 24, 1997, No. 96-280 (Opinion of the Justices)

*563The following request of the senate for an opinion of the justices was adopted on April 18, 1996, and filed with the supreme court on April 26, 1996:

“Whereas, there is pending in the senate, HB 1549, ‘An act relative to the admissibility of a prior sexual assault into evidence in certain prosecutions’ as amended by the house; and

“Whereas, the senate has adopted an amendment to HB 1549