State v. Cavaliere

In this interlocutory appeal from ruling, see SUP. CT. R. 8, the State appeals an order of the Superior Court (Smukler, J.) *109permitting the defendant to introduce, by expert testimony, evidence that he does not fit into a “sexual offender profile.” We reverse and remand.

The defendant, Francis Cavaliere, was charged with four counts of felonious sexual assault, RSA 632-A:3 (1986), and two counts of attempted felonious sexual assault, RSA 629:1 (1986); RSA 632-A:3, alleged to have been committed against a teenaged boy. Prior to trial, the defendant informed the State that he intended to call an…