People v. Ortega

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

Defendant, Joseph Ortega, appeals from a judgment of conviction of second degree assault and of four counts as an habitual criminal. We affirm.

Defendant was involved in an altercation with two other men in an alley. A police officer responded, found one of the men in the alley bleeding, and stopped defendant as he was leaving the scene. The officer brought defendant into the security office of an adjacent store. He handcuffed defendant’s left wrist to an eyebolt attached to the wall, then left the room to look for the second suspect.

Although the officer did not locate…