State v. Salazar

McFADDEN, Justice.

This appeal arises from a judgment based on a jury verdict finding the appellant, John Salazar, guilty of being a persistent violator of the law. On February 18, 1970, the appellant shot and wounded James Michael Atkins in an altercation occuring in Garden City, Idaho. On March 5, 1970, the Ada County prosecuting attorney issued an information charging the appellant “with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to murder.” Part two of the information charged that the appellant, having been convicted of felonies on two prior occasions, was a persistent violator of the…