PEOPLE v. DAVENPORT

Nos. 1-97-2421, 1-97-2534.

702 N.E.2d 335 (1998)

301 Ill. App.3d 143

234 Ill.Dec. 169

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawon DAVENPORT and Imari Clemons, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

October 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Lester Finkle, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant Appellant Lawon Davenport.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Sophia J. Atcherson, Assistant State Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Defendants Appellant Imari Clemons.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, John J. Walters and Kenneth Fiedler, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following simultaneous trials before separate juries in the circuit court of Cook County, defendants Lawon Davenport and Imari Clemons were found guilty of first degree murder. Davenport was sentenced to 28 years in prison; Clemons received a 59 year sentence. Both defendants appeal their convictions. Clemons also appeals his sentence.

The record indicates that the following facts were adduced...

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