State v. Wamala

The defendant, Severine Wamala, appeals his conviction of eleven counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault (AFSA). See RSA 632-A-.2 (2007) (amended 2008). On appeal, he argues that the Superior Court (Lynn, C.J.) erroneously: (1) allowed the State to introduce evidence of the victim’s “time capsule,” a school project in which she had written that she and the defendant had had sex; (2) denied his counsel’s request to voir dire prospective jurors individually pursuant to RSA 500-A:12-a (Supp. 2008); and (3) permitted the State to impeach the victim’s sisters with their prior inconsistent…