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BROCK, C.J. The defendant, Chad Evans, was convicted of reckless second-degree murder, see RSA 630:1-b (1996), five counts of second-degree assault, see RSA 631:2 (1996), endangering the welfare of a minor, see RSA 639:3, I (1996), and simple assault, see RSA 631:2-a (1996), following the death of twenty-one-month-old Kassidy Bortner, the daughter of his girlfriend, Amanda Bortner. He appeals, arguing that: (1) the Superior Court (T. Nadeau, J.) erroneously gave the jury a false exculpatory statement instruction; (2) the evidence on the second-degree murder charge was insufficient because it failed to eliminate the conclusion that Kassidy’s babysitter, Jeffrey Marshall, killed her; and (3) the court erroneously admitted various of Amanda’s statements under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. See N.H. R. Ev. 803(2). We affirm.

Defendant is charged with one count of second degree assault with a deadly weapon contrary to RSA 631:2(b) and four counts of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon contrary to RSA 631:3, II. Defendant moves to dismiss each of these charges for failing to allege criminal acts under New Hampshire's Criminal Code. Alternatively, defendant argues that the statutes under which he is charged are unconstitutionally vague. The State objects. After hearing and after significant consideration of the parties' arguments with the applicable law, defendant's Motion to Dismiss is DENIED.