PEOPLE v. GHOLSTON

No. 22276.

432 P.2d 636 (1967)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff in Error, v. Loranzy J. GHOLSTON, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

October 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Denver, James D. McKevitt, Dist. Atty., Gregory A. Mueller, Asst. Dist. Atty., James C. Creamer, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Thomas H. May, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Gertrude A. Score, Hyman A. Goodstein, Denver, for defendant in error.


DAY, Justice.

Defendant in error Gholston was charged with the crime of assault with a deadly weapon as a result of physically interfering with two police officers who were attempting to arrest his wife for creating a disturbance. The facts indicate that the defendant grabbed a nightstick belonging to one of the officers and swung it at both officers, striking one of them on the wrist.

At the close of the evidence by the People, the trial court dismissed the...

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