People v. Davis

Memorandum

THIRD DIVISION

November 6, 2002

No. 1-00-3916

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County.)

v. ))

DERROLD DAVIS, ) Honorable) Colleen McSweeney-Moore,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding.

In the early morning hours of July 7, 1998, Larion Jackson, his brother Chris, and some friends were on a porch outside the Jackson home at 512 North Laramie Street in Chicago. Two men approached the porch, one carrying a handgun, the other a shotgun. The men fired their weapons, then turned and ran.

One of the shots struck Larion. He died of…