During the next two months, Manchester police tried to find additional information that would connect Borrensa to the crime but were unable to uncover anything. On May 1, police showed Mrs. Zinfani the same photo array that Fontaine had shown her, and she again chose Borrensa. Following this second identification, police arrested Borrensa on June 3. Police conducted an in-person line-up on August 31. Mrs. Zinfani was brought into the court to make the identification and was walked past a group of men assembled for the line-up. She saw Borrensa and spontaneously identified him as the first assailant. Garrett Martinez, the New Hampshire Attorney General, and Rebecca Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, then indicted Borrensa for armed robbery in the Hillsborough County Superior Court. The Trial At trial, the case primarily rested on Monique eyewitness identification state’s Zinfani’s testimony and the information gained from Postal informant. However, Inspector Fontaine’s because Fontaine argued that his informant's life would be in danger if he testified in open court, and the prosecutors supported this argument, the judge agreed that Fontaine himself could testify to what the informant said. public defender, Keith Millard, had little in terms of counterarguments. On January Borrensa’s 15, 1980, the day of the crime, Borrensa admitted he had spent the day getting high on drugs with acquaintances at a house were people often gathered to buy and use intravenous drugs.
During the next two months, Manchester police tried to find additional information that would connect Borrensa to the crime but were unable to uncover anything. On May 1, police showed Mrs. Zinfani the same photo array that Fontaine had shown her, and she again chose Borrensa. Following this second identification, police arrested Borrensa on June 3. Police conducted an in-person line-up on August 31. Mrs. Zinfani was brought into the court to make the identification and was walked past a group of men assembled for the line-up. She saw Borrensa and spontaneously identified him as the first assailant. Garrett Martinez, the New Hampshire Attorney General, and Rebecca Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, then indicted Borrensa for armed robbery in the Hillsborough County Superior Court. The Trial At trial, the state’s case primarily rested on Monique Zinfani’s eyewitness identification testimony and the information gained from Postal Inspector Fontaine’s informant. However, because Fontaine argued that his informant's life would be in danger if he testified in open court, and the prosecutors supported this argument, the judge agreed that Fontaine himself could testify to what the informant said. Borrensa’s public defender, Keith Millard, had little in terms of counterarguments. On January 15, 1980, the day of the crime, Borrensa admitted he had spent the day getting high on drugs with acquaintances at a house were people often gathered to buy and use intravenous drugs.
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