State v. Hebert

The defendant, Erie Hebert, challenges his misdemeanor conviction for simple assault. RSA 631:2-a (2007). He argues that the Superior Court {Abramson, J.) erred by permitting the State to introduce evidence of his prior felony conviction under former New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 609(a) and by failing to provide a limiting instruction. We affirm.

I

The jury could have found the following facts based upon the record. The defendant and Eric Picard worked for a drywall business owned by the defendant’s uncle, Gilíes Hebert, who was married to Picard’s sister, Tasha. The defendant and Picard…