State v. Brown

Defendant appeals from a conviction of second degree assault. The altercation from which the charge arose occurred in Yakima on the evening of January 8, 1967. Several police officers were called to investigate a disturbance. Upon arriving at the scene, officers encountered a group of people in the street, talking and yelling excitedly. They saw two females fighting and rolling on the sidewalk. This affray was soon joined by two other women and a small boy. The officers separated the participants. One of the officers seized a combatant, Patricia Graham, and pulled her out of the melee. While…