State v. Goodman

The defendant, Hassan A. Goodman, was convicted after a jury trial in Superior Court (Fauver, J.) of second degree assault, RSA 631:2 (1996), and criminal threatening, RSA 631:4 (Supp. 1999). On appeal, the defendant challenges the trial court’s ruling that he “opened the door” to the admission of previously excluded evidence of his prior aggressive acts towards the victim. We affirm.

On January 20, 1998, the victim met the defendant at a bar in Portsmouth. A relationship ensued, and over the next week the defendant stayed with the victim at her apartment. On January 27, the victim and the…