Evans v. Gerry

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

On December 21, 2001, a jury convicted Chad Evans of reckless second-degree murder, five counts of second-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a minor, and simple assault — the murder charge for the death of his girlfriend’s 21-month-old daughter Kassidy on November 9, 2000. See State v. Evans, 150 N.H. 416, 839 A.2d 8, 10-12 (2003). The evidence, recounted in the just cited decision affirming the conviction, describes the underlying facts, which have some bearing on Evans’ ultimate state sentence — the subject of the present federal case.

The state’s evidence…