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Lawyer in prep-school sex-assault case: Defense wasn't ideal

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    Owen Labrie sits during a break Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 during the second day of a hearing at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H., on whether he should be granted a retrial. Labrie, a prep school graduate convicted of using a computer to lure an underage girl for sex, returned to court for a hearing on whether his lawyers damaged his case. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool) (The Associated Press)

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    Owen Labrie talks with attorney J.W. Carney during a break at the Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, during an evidentiary hearing on whether Owen Labrie should be granted a retrial. Labrie, a prep school graduate convicted of using a computer to lure an underage girl for sex, returned to court for a hearing on whether his lawyers damaged his case. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool) (The Associated Press)

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    Deputy Merrimack County Attorney Catherine Ruffle goes over documents at the Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H., during an evidentiary hearing on whether Owen Labrie should be granted a retrial. Labrie, a prep school graduate convicted of using a computer to lure an underage girl for sex, returned to court for a hearing on whether his lawyers damaged his case. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool) (The Associated Press)

CONCORD, N.H. – A lawyer who represented a New Hampshire prep school graduate at his sexual assault trial says the defense team's work wasn't ideal.

Owen Labrie (lah-BREE'), of Tunbridge, Vermont, was convicted in 2015 of misdemeanor sexual assault and child endangerment, but acquitted of rape, for his encounter with a 15-year-old classmate in a game of sexual conquest at St. Paul's School in Concord. He also was convicted of a felony computer charge that requires him to register as a sex offender for life.

Labrie is now seeking a new trial, arguing his lawyers harmed his case in part by failing to challenge the felony charge earlier.

On Thursday, attorney Samir Zaganjori (zag-in-JOR'-ee) said waiting to challenge the charge until after the verdict was not "ideal representation" but he said overall Labrie received effective counsel.
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