State v. Melcher

BRODERICK, j.

After a jury trial, the defendant, John Melcher, was convicted of one count of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2 (1986). In this appeal, the defendant argues that the Superior Court (Mohl, J.) erred in its instructions to the jury regarding the elements of the offense, and in admitting evidence of other bad acts in the State’s case in chief under New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 404(b). We reverse and remand.

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At trial, the State alleged the following facts. In 1986, the victim lived with her sister, her mother, and the defendant, her mother’s boyfriend. When the…