People v. Richiee

By an amended information defendant was accused not only of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon, but as well of theretofore having been convicted of a felony. On arraignment, he admitted the truth of the latter charge, but pleaded not guilty as to the former. Following his conviction of the charge of assault with a deadly weapon, he has appealed from the ensuing judgment and from an order by which his motion for a new trial was denied.

Appellant presents two points for reversal of the judgment : First, that the verdict of the jury was not sustained by the evidence; and secondly, that the…