Hatten v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

On October 13, 1966, the appellants were drinking in the Silver Dollar Bar in Ely.

As the evening wore on, they decided to rob the barmaid, Mrs. Sophie Zamora.

In the course of the robbery the appellants seized approximately $75 and assaulted Mrs. Zamora and an older patron, Mr. Tony Saldena, using their fists, a sharp “knife-like” instrument and sacks filled with sand. After the robbery the appellants fled the state and were apprehended on October 18 in South Dakota. Both victims, Mrs. Zamora and Mr. Saldena, were immediately hospitalized as the result of their…