PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. 6642.

33 Cal.App.3d 51 (1973)

108 Cal. Rptr. 698

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CLARENCE OTIS SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

June 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Clarence Otis Smith, in pro. per., and Robert Carl Anderson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorney General, William E James, Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye and Robert D. Marshall, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

FRIEDMAN, J.

On the night of July 12, 1971, an unknown assailant entered the Dog Bar campground, located on the Bear River in Nevada County. He entered the tent of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Garbe, attacked them, pursued them outside, then attacked other campers, hacking and stabbing with a curved knife which witnesses compared to a sickle. When the episode had run its course, two campers...

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