State v. Fualaau

¶1 Roger Fualaau appeals from the judgment entered on a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of assault in the first degree, with a firearm sentencing enhancement, and two counts of kidnapping in the first degree. Fualaau contends that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting into evidence his testimony from a previous trial in which he described committing a prolonged assault. However, given the similarities between the prior assault and the assault charged herein, especially the two assaults’ shared ritualistic qualities, the trial court properly admitted this evidence, pursuant to…