State v. Contreras

Raul Garcia Contreras appeals from his conviction for assault in the second degree while armed with a deadly weapon. We affirm.

At trial, Victor Santiago-Tovar testified that at approximately 10 p.m. on October 10, 1987, he left the restaurant where he worked to drive home. As be began to pull away in his car, a car occupied by the defendant and an unidentified man blocked his exit.

The defendant and the other man then attacked him with an iron bar and a knife. Santiago-Tovar escaped his attackers and ran back to the restaurant. He told his manager, Febronio Quiroz, that he had been attacked…