State v. Kyree Rice

The defendant, Kyree Rice, appeals his convictions for one count of attempted murder, see RSA 629:1, I (2016), and two counts of first degree assault, see RSA 681:1, I(b) (2016). He argues that the Superior Court (Abram,son,, J.) erred by not instructing the jury on the principle that the “act of producing or displaying a weapon shall constitute non-deadly force,” RSA 627:9, IV (2016), and in prohibiting cross-examination of the victim about the victim’s use of cocaine and marijuana on the night in question. Because we agree that the court erred in failing to give the requested jury…