Commonwealth v. Dzvonick

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Roberts,

At 6:00 a.m., on April 15, 1969, Officer Uziel of the Borough of Glassport Police Department, droye up to the Borough Police Station. Appellant, Darrell Dzvonick, immediately came out of the station toward Officer Uziel’s car with a knife held at arm’s length. He lunged at the officer with the knife through the open car window, but did not “cut, stab, or wound” the officer. Appellant was immediately arrested and subsequently charged with both attempt with intent to kill1 and assault with intent to maim.2 He pleaded not guilty to both charges and was tried before…