State v. McDaniel

Kennedy, A.C.J.

Shawn McDaniel appeals his convictions of one count of second degree assault of Erlasu Graham and one count of fourth degree assault of John Bothwell. With respect to the second degree assault conviction, McDaniel contends that the trial court violated his constitutional right to confrontation by limiting the scope of cross examination to exclude evidence that Erlasu Graham had recently admitting lying under oath in a related civil proceeding about the recency of her drug use, and to exclude evidence that Erlasu had a motive to lie in the criminal proceeding about her drug use…