State v. Castle

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury on charges of resisting arrest, criminal mischief in the second degree, and assault in the fourth degree against a police officer. The trial court found the criminal mischief and assault charges merged into the resisting arrest charge for sentencing purposes and sentenced defendant to ten days in jail, two years’ probation and restitution of $109.20 for damage defendant caused to the police car.

Defendant raises four assignments of error:

1) The trial court erred in permitting the state to cross-examine defendant on a prior conviction for failure…