State v. Gallegos

MORTENSEN, Judge:

¶1 A group was busy spray-painting a wall when Victim interrupted their evening activity. Upset by the intrusion, one of the group members stabbed Victim twice in the chest and once in the back, while others threw rocks and beer cans and unleashed two dogs to attack Victim. Police, with the help of Witness, later identified defendant John E. Gallegos as the one who stabbed Victim and arrested him that night. Upon arresting Gallegos, police found blood on Gallegos's shirt, pants, and ear, as well as on a folding knife in his pocket. Victim survived the attack and, after…