State v. Jones

REINHARD, Judge.

A jury convicted defendant of first degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. The court sentenced him as a prior offender to concurrent prison terms of 20 and 5 years respectively. He appeals; we affirm.

On the evening of September 15, 1987, defendant and another man offered to give the victim a ride home; the victim accepted. The victim asked defendant if he wanted to stop and purchase a six-pack of beer. Defendant agreed, and the two split the cost. When they arrived at the victim’s residence, he got out of the car and proceeded toward his building. Later that evening,…