State v. Niquette

The defendant was convicted after trial by jury of the offenses of aggravated felonious sexual assault (RSA 632-A:2 (Supp. 1981)) and first degree assault (RSA 631:1 (Supp. 1981)). On appeal, he argues that the Trial Court (Flynn, J.) erred in three respects: first, by refusing to allow the defendant to impeach the credibility of a key State’s witness through the introduction of two convictions; second, by giving the jury an improper supplemental instruction after it had apparently reached an impasse; and, third, by failing to have the defendant evaluated prior to sentencing, to determine if…