People v. McCoy

Sixteen-year-old James Earl Fleming was shot at 7:50 a.m. on July 20, 1991, as he lounged on a parked car with his friends, Arthur James and Londell Lancaster, outside Arthur’s home at 1306 N. Harding in Chicago. Fleming died from three gunshot wounds to the head and neck.

Duane (Parris) McCoy, age 19, was charged with Fleming’s murder. A jury found him guilty. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison. In this appeal he raises issues relating to his claim that he was drinking alcohol and ingesting drugs during the hours before the shooting. He also challenges the length of his sentence. We…