People v. Chavez

Opinion by

Judge TAUBMAN.

¶1 Defendant, Daniel M. Chavez, appeals the trial court's judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of second degree assault and felony menacing. We affirm.

I. Background

T2 In November 2006, Daniel Chavez and his brother Mario were driving through a parking lot when they encountered J.R.V. and D.D., good friends who had known each other since elementary school. The Chavez brothers, J.R.V., and D.D. grew up in the same neighborhood and had a confrontational relationship.

3 When they saw each other that night, they parked their trucks side by…