State v. Matton

After a jury trial, the defendant, Daniel Matton, was found guilty on two charges: assault by a prisoner as a class A felony and assault by a prisoner as a class B felony. See RSA 642:9, IV (Supp. 2012). On appeal, he argues that the Trial Court (Wageling, J.) erred when it refused to give: (1) a mutual combat instruction on the class B felony charge; and (2) a “special” jury instruction that the prior convictions of several of the State’s witnesses were relevant to their credibility. We affirm.

*37The jury could have found the following facts. At the time of the incident giving rise to the…