State v. Lemire

The defendant, Robert Lemire, Sr., appeals a jury verdict finding him guilty of aggravated felonious sexual assault, in violation of RSA 632-A:3. The issue is whether the Trial Court {Temple, J.) erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a mistrial on the ground that the victim’s testimony suggested that the defendant had committed additional prior sexual assaults. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The victim of the sexual assault was the defendant’s fifteen-year-old daughter. At the time of the incident in question, the victim lived with her mother and stepfather in Farmington,…