State v. Gallegos

ZINN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon (a knife) upon the person of one Isidro Lucero, Jr. He was sentenced to the penitentiary. This appeal follows.

Two errors are assigned. The first is, that the court erred in permitting the introduction into evidence of the jacket or coat worn by the prosecuting witness at the time of the fracas. This jacket showed upon it'the cuts made by the knife before penetrating the body of the prosecuting witness.

Objection to the introduction of the evidence at the trial was based on the appellant’s theory that it would be…