People v. Hartfield

Defendant, Demetrius Hartfield, was convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.2(a)(2) (West 1992) (amended 1993)) and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment following a bench trial. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to prove his guilt because it failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that he discharged a weapon in the direction of another person.

At trial, Detective Kenneth Fligelman testified that at 4:45 p.m. on April 3, 1992, he was driving his unmarked squad car northbound on Milwaukee Avenue near Noble Street in Chicago. A group of Latino youths…