State v. Cowan

Defendant Cowan was found guilty in the county court of Box Butte County of having, on September 10, 1978, in violation of section 28-411, R. R. S. 1943, committed an assault upon one Dusty Roebuck and was sentenced to a term of 14 days in the county jail. On appeal to the District Court and after trial on the record, the finding and judgment were affirmed.

On appeal to this court, the defendant assigns as error: (1) The court erred in not making a specific finding as to whether or not there existed a defense of justification under the provisions of sections 28-836 and 28-837, R. R. S. 1943,…