Prosecutors want the Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate the murder conviction of Damon Taylor in April 15, 2016 shooting death of Enrique Straughter.
Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Friday asked the Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate
The 10th District Court of Appeals in August overturned a jury's 2019 conviction of Damon Taylor on a murder with a gun specification in the shooting death of 18-year-old Enrique Straughter on procedural grounds and returned the case to Franklin County Juvenile Court for further consideration. Taylor had been sentenced to 15 years to life plus another three years for a gun specification consecutive to the murder sentence.
Reynoldsburg police had been called to the scene shortly after midnight on April 15, 2016 on a report of two young males arguing — court records say Taylor thought Straughter had taken his chain — then multiple gunshots were heard. Investigators identified Taylor as a suspect after they found a key fob for his mother's car, which Taylor took without permission and was found abandoned outside Straughter's apartment, near the victim's body.
The case against Taylor began in juvenile court, but he was eventually tried as an adult in Franklin County Common Pleas court.
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