State v. Turner

¶ 1. Defendant Clayton Turner was convicted of aggravated assault following a jury trial in Windham District Court. Defendant appeals the court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal and motion for a new trial. Defendant claims that the trial court erred in denying his motions because (1) the State presented insufficient evidence that the knife used in the incident was a “deadly weapon”; (2) the trial court committed prejudicial error by allowing a witness to testify that he was threatened by defendant’s brother following a juror’s request for clarification of the witness’s…