State v. Weiland

HARRIS, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction of malicious injury to a vehicle. We affirm.

A lively labor dispute was in process June 7, 1971 at the Spencer Foods Plant in Spencer. Feelings ran high. John Goff drove his auto into the plant area to pick up his father Burl Goff and Harold Jor-genson. Neither the elder Goff nor Jor-genson were union members.

Defendant, a picketer at the plant gate, claims the Goff auto struck him on leaving the plant. The State offered evidence to show defendant and other picketers beat and kicked the Goff car as it passed through the gate. Defendant and other…