PEOPLE v. MORTENSEN

Docket No. 8090.

210 Cal.App.2d 575 (1962)

26 Cal. Rptr. 746

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BENJAMIN H. MORTENSEN, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mel Pierovich for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Jack E. Goertzen, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


WOOD, P.J.

Defendant was accused of assault with a deadly weapon, a felony (violation of Pen. Code, § 245). The assertion of the prosecution was that the assault, upon a police officer, was committed with an automobile. In a jury trial he was convicted. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a year. He appeals from the judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

A contention of appellant is that the evidence was insufficient...

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