State v. Pepin

The defendant, Jeffrey Pepin, appeals his conviction by a jury in Superior Court (Nadeau, J.) for first degree assault, second degree assault and criminal restraint. See RSA 631:1, :2 (2007); RSA 633:2 (2007). We affirm.

I. Background

The jury could have found the following facts: The defendant and the victim were married in 1988, and have three daughters, the youngest of whom was born in March 2004. The instant criminal charges arose from events on October 15, 2004, the couple’s sixteenth wedding anniversary. The victim was upset because she thought that the defendant had forgotten their…