People v. Lushenko

Ronald Wayne Lushenko and Robert Laverne Gillette were charged with having assaulted Vincent Santelli with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. A jury found them guilty of the lesser offense of assault with a deadly weapon, and they have appealed from the judgment pronounced against them.

Appellants make the following contentions as grounds for reversal of the judgment: (1) Insufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment; (2) Appellant Gillette was entitled to a separate trial; (3) The court erred in not appointing counsel other than the public defender as counsel for Gillette;…