A state appellate court has upheld the murder conviction of Shomari Legghette, who gunned down Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer nearly six years ago in a Loop stairwell during a foot pursuit.
The three-justice panel rejected all of Legghette’s arguments on appeal, including that the trial judge had improperly denied a motion to allow the defense to admit evidence of allegations that Bauer had used unreasonable force and/or racist language during arrests on three occasions in the 1990s.
