State v. Patrick

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of assault in the first degree, armed criminal action, and criminal possession of a short-barreled shotgun. He was sentenced by the court as a prior offender to three concurrent twenty year terms of imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant makes no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. The evidence demonstrated that a police officer, Menard, after receiving information that defendant was in possession of a gun began following defendant as he walked up an alley. After defendant had walked some distance he pulled a sawed-off shotgun…