PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 1-94-1948.

677 N.E.2d 1340 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 46

222 Ill.Dec. 541

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Gordon H. Berry, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Janet Powers Doyle and Tyra Taylor-Bell, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant George Davis was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment. Defendant contends on appeal that: (1) the State committed a Batson violation; (2) the trial court erred in granting the State's motion in limine preventing the defense from eliciting evidence of occurrence witnesses' gang affiliation; (3) he was provided ineffective...

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