State v. Perron

The defendant was tried and convicted by a jury in Superior Court (Johnson, J.) of second-degree assault, RSA 631:2 I (Supp. 1981), and robbery, RSA 636:1 1(a). He seeks reversal of his conviction on three grounds: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to seek exclusion of certain evidence and failure to preserve issues for appellate review; (2) improper admission of testimony to impeach the credibility of a defense witness; and (3) denial of speedy trial. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On the night of November 6, 1979, Robert O’Neil, a Dartmouth College student, was…