State v. Mello

The defendant, Richard Mello, was convicted of two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and two counts of felonious sexual assault after a jury trial in Superior Court (Dalianis, J.). His sole argument on appeal is that the trial court violated New Hampshire Rule of Evidence 608 by allowing the State to call a rebuttal witness to introduce extrinsic evidence to impeach the defendant’s testimony. We affirm.

The defendant was tried on charges that he had sexually abused the eleven-year-old daughter of his girlfriend. He testified and denied the allegations. During direct examination he…