Jordan

An information filed in the Marin County Superior Court charged Warren D. Jordan, Jr. (hereafter appellant), with four felony counts arising from an assault on a Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney, Robert Savitt, and the Chairman of the State Board of Prison Terms, Raymond Brown, at a parole hearing on November 6, 1980. Counts I and III alleged the offense of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664 and 187), and counts II and IV alleged the offense of aggravated assault by a life prisoner (Pen. Code, § 4500). With respect to each count, the information alleged associated enhancements that are not here at issue.

After pleading not guilty, appellant received a lengthy jury trial, punctuated by extended arguments and hearings on defense motions. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged on counts I and II relating to the assault on Robert Savitt, and of guilty of the lesser included offenses of attempted voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 664 and 192) and assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245) on counts II and IV, relating to the assault on Raymond Brown. The jury found the enhancement for use of a deadly weapon to be true with respect to counts I and III…