State v. Reynolds

The defendant, Jeffrey Reynolds, was convicted after a jury trial in Superior Court (Dunn, J.) of two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of felonious sexual assault. On appeal he argues: (1) that one of the indictments charging aggravated felonious sexual assault should have been dismissed for alleging “knowingly” as the mental element rather than “purposely”; and (2) that the trial court erred in allowing a state trooper, during his testimony, to comment on the credibility of the victim. Because we hold that the testimony at issue was erroneously admitted and that…