State v. Roberts

MacLaughlin, Justice.

Defendant, Billy Joe Roberts, appeals from his conviction of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. Minn. St. 609.225, subd. 2. We reverse the judgment of conviction.

Defendant was accused of assaulting one George T. Clark in the early morning hours of June 19, 1971, in the Chestnut Tree restaurant in Minneapolis. Clark worked as a bouncer at Cassius Bar & Cafe in Minneapolis. He testified that he had had several disagreements with defendant in Cassius Bar, principally because defendant occasionally refused to leave when the bar was closing. After several incidents…