Nelson was with Zavion Marks, then 14, when the younger boy shot and killed Zarious Fair in the 700 block of East Frye Avenue on June 12, 2019. Marks was sentenced last October to 45 years in prison.
No one argued Nelson was the shooter, but he was charged under the state’s “felony murder” provision. This says that if a person is committing a forcible felony in this case, robbery and the victim dies, that person could be charged with murder.
Nelson s attorney Kevin Lowe pushed for the minimum sentence of 35 years, noting his client must serve 100% and that he wasn t the shooter. But Vespa countered that such a sentence would be out of balance with others who might have an unblemished record.
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PEORIA A Peoria man now faces at least 35 years in prison after being found guilty Wednesday of murder in connection with the death of a 16-year-old two years ago.
After one day of testimony, a Peoria County jury deliberated for about an hour before finding Doyle Nelson guilty of first-degree murder in connection with the June 12, 2019, shooting death of Zarious M. Fair.
It the second trial for Nelson, who will turn 20 in about two weeks. Last September, a Peoria County jury deadlocked and Judge John Vespa declared a mistrial.
No one argued Nelson was the man who shot Fair. That was then 14-year-old Zavion Marks, who has been sentenced to 45 years in prison in October. Rather, Nelson, whose last known address was 818 W. Hurlburt St., was charged under the state’s “felony murder” provision, which states that if a person is committing a forcible felony in this case, robbery and the victim dies, that person is guilty of murder.
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Vaccinations at Peoria-area nursing homes to begin late December, early January
PEORIA About 1,260 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have already been administered to frontline workers since the vaccine arrived in Central Illinois Tuesday, and vaccinations at area nursing homes will likely start in the last week of December.
“The goal is that, in the last week of December, they will start rolling out across the state and really pick up speed in the first part of January,” Monica Hendrickson, the Peoria City/County Health Department administrator, said during a press conference Thursday.