Beck v. State

CASE SUMMARY

Lowdermilk, J.

Defendant-appellant (Beck) was charged in Hancock County with aggravated assault and battery1 and on change of venue was convicted of assault and battery. Beck appeals his conviction for simple assault and battery2 in Wayne Circuit Court.

We affirm.

FACTS

The conviction of defendant-appellant, Bernard Beck (Beck), on August 19, 1975, for assault and battery stemmed from events that transpired on March 10, 1974, at a nursing home owned by Beck. One of the patients there, William McKinley Barrett (Barrett), had strolled away. He was found by a neighbor who returned the…