![]() ![]() Williams was not sure whether the handgun was a.45 caliber or a. He looked over to where the noise came from and saw a Black P Stone gang member whose nickname is Twin shooting at people on the porch at 512 North Laramie with a handgun. Williams told Gilger he was sitting on his front porch when he heard a couple of gunshots. When Williams told Gilger he knew about the murder, Gilger took Williams to the police station to be interviewed. Williams was not a regular informant, but Gilger had used Williams before for information. he found Jemar Williams, a member of the Traveling Vice Lords gang. That day, he went to the area of the shooting to canvass the neighborhood for witnesses.Īt about 7:00 p.m. Derrold made an oral statement, then a signed handwritten statement, incriminating himself in the Jackson shooting.ĭetective James Gilger of the Chicago Police Department testified that on July 9, 1998, he was assigned to investigate Larion's murder and the attempt murder of Chris Jackson. The police then questioned him about the shooting of Larion Jackson. Ronald Chatman, Derrold's cousin, corroborated this portion of Derrold's testimony.ĭerrold was placed in the lockup and questioned about the unrelated shooting. At the hearing, Derrold testified he went to the police station in the early morning hours of August 10, 1998, to complain about an unrelated shooting. His contentions include challenges to the legality of his arrest, the voluntariness of his confessions, the admission of testimony and opinions about gangs, and the propriety of certain closing argument remarks made by the State.ĭerrold filed a motion to quash his arrest and suppress his statements on the ground that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him. He was sentenced to 25 years, 10 years, and 10 years respectively, sentences to be served concurrently. During the next 36 hours he admitted, orally and in writing, that he drove the car that carried the shooters to *447 the scene of the shooting and then drove them away after the shots were fired.Īfter a jury trial, Derrold was convicted of the first-degree murder of Larion, the attempt first-degree murder of Chris, and aggravated discharge of a firearm. The police investigation eventually led to Derrold Davis. The men fired their weapons, then turned and ran. Two men approached the porch, one carrying a handgun, the other a shotgun. ![]() ![]() 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. Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court: Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos, and Hareena Meghani-Wakely, of counsel), for Appellee. *446 Anita Rivkin-Carothers, Chicago, for Appellant. 1-00-3916.Īppellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division. 829 The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee,ĭerrold DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant. ![]()
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