STATE v. HICKEY

No. 85-462.

129 N.H. 53 (1986)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. JOSEPH HICKEY.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (Barbara R. Keshen, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Charles A. Donahue, of Keene, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


BATCHELDER, J.

On July 22, 1985, the defendant, Joseph Hickey, was convicted in Superior Court (Dickson, J.) on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. RSA 632-A:2. The defendant raises two principal issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in ruling that an eleven-year-old prior conviction for incest would be admissible under Rule 609(b) of the New Hampshire Rules of Evidence (Rule 609(b)) to impeach the credibility of the defendant if...

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