People v. Rios

Defendant was convicted of two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm towards a police officer and found to be an armed habitual criminal. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 30 years’ imprisonment for each offense. On appeal, defendant argued that the trial court erred in several evidentiary rulings, he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the trial court improperly denied a continuance, and the State made improper comments during closing. The appellate court vacated one of defendant’s convictions for aggravated discharge of a firearm toward a police officer pursuant to the supreme court’s recent decision in People v. Hartfield, 2022 IL 126729, and affirmed the remaining convictions. (HARRIS and MIKVA, concurring)