People v. Williams

Opinion by

Judge RULAND.

Defendant, Brett A. Williams, appeals from the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree assault. He also challenges the sentence imposed. We affirm.

According to the prosecution's evidence, defendant and three other men brutally assaulted the victim, a cab driver, in the parking lot of an apartment building. Subsequent to the attack, the cab driver died, and an autopsy revealed that his death was the result of blunt force traumas to his head and neck.

Defendant and another assailant were charged with first degree murder, and…