State v. Call

The defendant, Dennis Call, was convicted of aggravated felonious sexual assault after a jury trial in Superior Court (Mohl, J.). He was charged with violating RSA 632-A:2, VIII (1986), now codified at RSA 632-A:2, 1(h) (Supp. 1993), for allegedly engaging in sexual penetration with a mentally defective victim. On appeal he contends: (1) that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim was mentally defective; (2) that the trial court erred in denying his motion for services of an expert; and (3) that comments during the State’s closing argument amounted to…