State v. Butler

Defendant, Leonard Butler, appeals from a conviction on a charge of first-degree assault. His assignments of error may be categorized into three contentions: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction; (2) the trial court’s denial of his pretrial motion to produce information and documents in the state’s possession constituted reversible error; and (3) a question propounded by the state to the complaining witness’ husband sufficiently prejudiced the jury so as to warrant the granting of a new trial.

With regard to the insufficiency of evidence, defendant and his alleged…