State v. Reinhardt

ZINTER, Justice..

[¶ 1.] Troy Reinhardt was convicted of simple assault. He appeals the circuit court’s refusal to give a definitive ruling, at the close of the State’s evidence, on his request for a self-defense jury instruction. Reinhardt also contends that the admission of certified copies of his fingerprint cards from- prior arrests in Iowa and Nebraska violated his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation in a subsequent court trial on a habitual criminal information. .We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

[¶ 2.] Reinhardt’s assault charge, arose out of an incident in which he punched…