State v. Swanson

JOHNSON, Judge.

Greg Swanson appeals his conviction of assault from the Burleigh County Court of Increased Jurisdiction. Mr. Swanson was charged with two counts of assault and battery, one against Mr. Thomas Winter and one against Mrs. Thomas Winter, occurring in the city of Bismarck on April 11, 1974. The incident in question took place outside the apartment house where the Winters lived and where Swanson was visiting the sister of his fiancee. Mr. and Mrs. Winter claim that Swanson was making obscene gestures and called Mrs. Winter obscene names while they were in their apartment and he was…