State v. Bruce

The defendant, Charles Bruce, was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.) of two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, RSA 632-A:2 (Supp. 1988), and one count of criminal restraint, RSA 633:2. On appeal, the defendant argues that: (1) the trial court erred when it admitted into evidence, on recross-examination, defendant’s testimony about his involvement with marijuana, and (2) the trial court erred in failing to dismiss the indictment for criminal restraint because a child under sixteen cannot be unlawfully confined by a parent. For the reasons set forth below, we…