State v. Briere

The defendant, Donald Briere, appeals his convictions after a jury trial in Superior Court (Dalianis, J.) of seven *618counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, RSA 632-A:2 (Supp. 1993), and three counts of felonious sexual assault, RSA 632-A:3 (1986). The convictions stemmed from charges that on one evening the defendant sexually assaulted his three children, Michael, Krystal, and Stephanie, ages eight, six, and four, respectively. On appeal the defendant argues that the youngest child, Stephanie, who was five years old at the time of trial, was incompetent to testify, and that the evidence…