PEOPLE v. BURTON

Docket No. 6220.

162 Cal.App.2d 790 (1958)

328 P.2d 492

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MELVIN HERMAN BURTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

August 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifton D. Klahs for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and John A. Vander Lans, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


HERNDON, J.

Convicted of assault with a deadly weapon by the trial court sitting without a jury, defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. Defendant contends (1) that the evidence does not support the conviction in that "the evidence clearly shows the right of self defense" and (2) that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a new trial on the ground of certain newly discovered...

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