State v. Merseal

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Defendant Bill Roscoe Merseal appeals from a judgment rendered November 14, 1973, in Missoula County, finding him guilty of attempted second degree assault, a felony.

The chain of events leading to defendant’s arrest began with a domestic disturbance. Missoula police department officers Meltzer and Doxtater were dispatched in response to a call from defendant’s wife. She informed them defendant had assaulted her and then left in his car. She also told them an automatic weapon could be found on the floorboard of the car. Defendant…