Dark v. State

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for an aggravated assault upon a police officer; the punishment, two months in jail and a fine of $200.

Judgment was rendered on May 4, 1965, and notice of appeal given by appellant on June 18, 1965.

Officer Johnny Duncan Steinsick, the injured party, testified that he was employed as a patrolman for the Mesquite police department; that on the night in question, while on duty and in uniform and writing a speeding ticket, he received a radio call to go to apartment #46 of the Hilltop Arms in Mesquite; that in response to the call he proceeded to the…