People v. Canas

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCUSKEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jody Canas, appeals his conviction for armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 33A — 2). We affirm.

Michael Kilday testified he and the defendant had once been good friends. Their friendship ended about 18 months before the instant offense. The parties stipulated that during the 18-month interval, Kilday and the defendant had confronted each other several times.

Kilday testified that on the evening of September 12, 1989, the defendant drove over Kilday’s parents’ newly seeded lawn. Later that evening, while…