State v. Kyle D. Nick

¶1 Kyle Dean Nick appeals his December, 2007, conviction for aggravated assault. Nick contends on appeal that his conviction must be reversed because the District Court erred instructing the jury as to the definition of “purposely” as an element of aggravated assault. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶2 About midnight on May 11, 2007, Nick accompanied Chelsea Dodd, his friend and neighbor, as she drove to Jason Switzer’s house. Dodd and Switzer had been romantically involved for six years but that relationship had apparently ended. She entered Switzer’s house to invite him to a…