People v. Mitchell

Defendant Franklin Mitchell was convicted by a jury of attempted murder and sentenced to six years in prison after he admitted he fired three shotgun rounds at a man on the roof of a building near his apartment. The State successfully proved at trial that defendant fired at three people who were on the roof — two officers and the owner of the building — even after police officers identified themselves and urged defendant to stop shooting.

Defendant contended at trial that he fired two shots into the air and a third into the ground as a warning to the person he saw on the roof and only fired…