STATE v. STAPLES

No. 79-126.

120 N.H. 278 (1980)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JOHN F. STAPLES.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

May 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Rath, attorney general, and John C. Boeckeler, assistant attorney general (Peter W. Mosseau, attorney, orally), for the State.

Thomas M. Pancoast, of Littleton, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


BROCK, J.

The defendant was tried before a jury and convicted of aggravated felonious sexual assault, RSA 632-A:2 (Supp. 1979). During the trial, the defendant objected to the admission of certain opinion testimony and to the admission of evidence concerning defendant's prior convictions. Both objections were overruled and the defendant seasonably excepted.

Only questions of law concerning the admissibility of the opinion evidence were initially reserved and...

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