People v. Jordan

Defendant Benny Jordan was convicted by a jury of two counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to a term of 35 years in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. At defendant’s trial, Larry Heard, a Chicago Housing Authority security guard, testified that around midnight on May 16, 1989, he and his partner observed a large cluster of teenagers near the comer of 13th and Throop Streets. The two guards circled the block and when they returned to the gathering, the teens dispersed, scattering in all directions. In the middle of what had been the circle of people was a body…