Opinion ID: 2303289
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Heading: Conviction on AFSA Charge Against Weight of Evidence

Text: Finally, the defendant argues that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to dismiss the AFSA charge because the jury's verdict on the AFSA charge was against the weight of the evidence. However, the defendant's motion to dismiss was made at the close of the State's case, and at that juncture was, and could only have been, a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. As we recently clarified in State v. Hill, 163 N.H. 394, 42 A.3d 842 (2012), such a motion does not preserve an objection to the jury verdict based upon the weight of the evidence. Accordingly, because the defendant's argument is not preserved for our review, we decline to address it substantively. Affirmed.