Appeal rejected in New Hampshire college student murder case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a University of New Hampshire student has been denied a new trial.
Prosecutors say Seth Mazzaglia strangled 19-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzi” Marriott in 2012 and dumped her body in a river. Mazzaglia says the Westborough, Massachusetts, woman died accidentally during a consensual sex act.
Mazzaglia is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murder. He appealed his conviction, saying his attorneys should have been allowed to introduce evidence of Marriott’s past sexual interest. But the state Supreme Court rejected his appeal Tuesday.
In June, the state Supreme Court ruled that information about Marriott’s sexual past that was sealed during the trial should be made public during the appeals process, but it later reversed itself after prosecutors and Marriott’s family objected.
