State v. Nile

ROBERTS, Justice.

Dennis C. Nile appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, of kidnapping, aggravated assault and tampering with a victim. Nile contends that the court erred in excluding certain statements offered to impeach the victim and to show her bias. He also challenges other evidentiary rulings and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction of tampering. We hold that there was sufficient evidence to convict the defendant of tampering, but that the Superior Court (Oxford County, Fritzsche, J.) committed reversible error by excluding the statement offered to show the…