State v. Cotton

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of second degree assault and sentenced as a persistent offender to fifteen years’ imprisonment. He appeals; we affirm.

On May 23, 1985, a crew of nine construction workers was repairing the sidewalk in the 6300 block of Martin Luther King Drive when defendant approached them and started yelling obscenities. Defendant then directed some obscene comments specifically at one of the concrete finishers, who did not respond. After throwing a metal barrel into a grade where the construction workers were going to pour concrete, defendant approached…