State v. Salazar

SCOTT, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum indeterminate term of 5 years in prison. On this appeal from judgment of conviction defendant contends that (1) the evidence of his guilt was legally insufficient, (2) that the trial court improperly permitted a witness to testify that when defendant stabbed the victim defendant was not defending himself against any attack, and (3) that he was denied a fair trial because of the state’s failure to locate the victim and call the victim as a…