State v. McLeod

MR. JUSTICE BOTTOMLY:

This is an appeal by defendant, Laurence A. McLeod, from the judgment of conviction of assault in the first degree, and the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

An information was filed, on April 16, 1956, in the district court of the fourth judicial district of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Lake, by the county attorney thereof, charging the defendant with the crime of assault in the first degree, and therein attempting to charge defendant with prior convictions.

April 24, 1956, a demurrer was filed by defendant’s attorney challenging the…