State v. Brown

Defendant David Ottley Brown appeals from a conviction in the district court, Gallatin County. Defendant was convicted of one count of aggravated assault and one count of simple assault. He appeals from the conviction of aggravated assault.

The relevant facts are: On the evening of March 13, 1975, one Ann Docksey, a student at Montana State University, was walking back to her dormitory from work in downtown Bozeman. At an intersection near the campus she approached a man standing at the corner. She testified that as she passed him, the man grabbed her, pressed what was apparently a screwdriver…