State v. Frank

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals after his conviction by a jury of the offense of assault in the first degree with a dangerous instrument. In accordance with the jury’s assessment, the court sentenced defendant to ten years imprisonment. We affirm.

The state’s principal witness at the trial was the victim’s girlfriend, Kathleen. Defendant agreed that Teddy, the victim, was so severely injured that he could not testify. Teddy and Kathleen had been dating for a period of a year and a half. The two had broken up, and Kathleen had briefly dated the defendant, but Kathleen and Teddy had…