STATE v. NEWELL

No. 94-662.

141 N.H. 199 (1996)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. MARK NEWELL

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

July 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Howard, attorney general (John C. Kissinger, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Casassa & Ryan, of Hampton (Kenneth D. Murphy on the brief and orally), for the defendant.


JOHNSON, J.

The defendant, Mark Newell, stabbed Glen Chase during an altercation and was charged with first degree assault. See RSA 631:1, I(b) (Supp. 1995). At trial, he admitted that he stabbed Chase, but alleged that he acted in self-defense. See RSA 627:4 (1986). The jury convicted the defendant of the crime charged. He appeals, arguing that the Superior Court (Perkins, J.) erred in excluding evidence of Chase's prior misdemeanor convictions...

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