State v. Gutierrez

OPINION

ARMIJO, Judge.

Appellant Ronnie Gutierrez was tried and convicted of the crime of aggravated assault.

The undisputed facts are that a family passing through Tucumcari stopped overnight and while taking an evening stroll fell victims of an unprovoked attack by four assailants. One received several wounds of the type normally inflicted by a knife. Appellant and his brother Dickie were informed against, tried jointly and were convicted. They were represented by the same court appointed attorney. Following conviction, George Vigil inculpated himself as being one of the participants in the…