State v. Garcia

OPINION

GRANT, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Jesse Jason Garcia (“defendant”) was indicted on one count of aggravated assault and two counts of endangerment arising out of a “drive by” shooting in South Phoenix in July 1990. After the trial court directed a judgment of acquittal on the endangerment counts, a jury found defendant guilty of aggravated assault as a dangerous offense, a class 3 felony.

FACTS

Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict, the evidence showed that initially, defendant was a passenger in a car driven by Jimmy, a juvenile who was a member of the South Side…