New Hampshire v. Stanin
Annotate this CaseDefendant Dominick Stanin, Sr. appealed a Superior Court decision to impose his two previously suspended sentences. In June 2014, defendant was arrested for loitering (a violation-level offense), and resisting arrest (a misdemeanor). Those charges were tried in September 2014. The trial court acquitted the defendant of the loitering charge and placed the resisting arrest matter “on file without a finding.” In August 2014, defendant was charged with first degree assault, robbery, and being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, for his involvement in a stabbing incident. He was subsequently also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest in connection with the August incident. In October 2014, the State moved to impose the defendant’s two consecutive three-and-one-half-to-seven-year sentences on the ground that his June and August charges established that he had violated the condition of good behavior. On appeal, defendant argued that the trial court erred by denying his pretrial motion in limine seeking to limit the State’s cross-examination of him or, alternatively, to “sever” the bases for the motion to impose. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's judgment.
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