State v. Webster

Defendant appeals multiple assault convictions, arguing that the trial court erred by (1) excluding for substantive purposes certain evidence regarding an alleged affair between the complaining witness, defendant’s wife, and the chief investigating officer, and (2) denying a motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence, namely an answering machine tape purporting to show defendant’s wife threatening the officer. We affirm.

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Defendant was convicted of seven counts of simple assault. Five of the assaults were against his wife, one was against his older daughter, then eleven, and one…