PEOPLE v. JACKSON

Docket No. 4614.

233 Cal.App.2d 639 (1965)

43 Cal. Rptr. 817

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FORD EDWARD JACKSON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

April 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas P. Ferguson, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and James Murad, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


AGEE, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of assault with a deadly weapon (pocket knife) entered upon a jury verdict. (Pen. Code, § 245.) He is an ex-felon, having been convicted in Kentucky in 1934 of storebreaking and in 1936 of assault with intent to commit robbery. He was sentenced to state prison for the instant offense.

Defendant's only justification for the cut inflicted upon the complainant is self-defense and his sole contention...

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