The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Jamarrion ‘JJ’ Davis. The decision was filed this morning.

Davis appealed his conviction after a jury found him guilty in the death of Jameel Redding-Pettigrew in September 2023.

Davis challenged the sufficiency of the evidence identifying him as the person who shot and killed Redding-Pettigrew. He also challenged the admissibility of a phone conversation recorded from jail and evidence of a possible motive.

Court documents filed by the Iowa Court of Appeals stated that “substantial evidence supports the finding that Davis shot Jameel. Witnesses saw Davis leave the cookout immediately after Jameel and run down an alley in the direction that Jameel was heading. A short time later, six gunshots were fired. Several people saw Davis with a firearm that day.”