State v. Lozeau

Defendant was charged and convicted of the crime of aggravated assault following a jury trial, and judgment was entered thereon. Following denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. We affirm.

Although defendant phrases the issues on appeal in three parts, the basic issue presented is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction — more specifically, the sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding that the defendant was the assaulter.

Defendant Herbert Richard Lozeau was drinking at a tavern in Ronan, Montana, on the evening of June 5, 1980. Several…