People v. Simeone

Having been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245), appellant seeks a reversal on the grounds of errors in rulings, prejudicial remarks of the court and of the district attorney, and in denial of the right to counsel. No claim is made that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment, although it is charged that the testimony of the prosecutrix was so “biased” that its admission is prejudicial error.

It appears that appellant and his wife had experienced some unhappiness and he had absented…