State v. Walton

After a jury trial in Superior Court (Dalianis, J.), the defendant, Robert Walton, was found guilty of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2 (1996). On appeal, he seeks reversal of his conviction based upon ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. We affirm.

The following facts were adduced at trial. The defendant and his girlfriend, Pauline McCreary, lived next door to the victim. The defendant had a hot tub on his property and the victim frequently used it with them. Often, all three bathed in the nude. During one such occasion in July 1996, the victim…