Gonzales v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Day.

By information filed in June of 1966, the defendant was charged with the crimes of assault to murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy. Following a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to four to five years imprisonment.

A recital of the facts is necessary for an understanding of the points relied on in this writ of error.

Shortly after midnight on June 18, 1966, nineteen-year old Daniel Juarez, the complaining witness, driving a car with a teenage friend, stopped for a traffic signal at the intersection…