People v. Hartfield

Summary

The court held that the defendant's statutory speedy-trial right was not violated because he did not affirmatively demand trial and the State established due diligence for its first continuance. It further held that the mid-deliberation jury instruction was legally erroneous and contradictory on an essential element, requiring reversal and retrial. For retrial, the court held that a single discharge in the direction of multiple peace officers supports only one aggravated-discharge conviction because the statute does not clearly define a different unit of prosecution.