Evans-Daniels Trial Focuses on Gang Problem

Gang members Timothy Evans and Michael Daniels get life in prison.

That's the result of a four day trial that wrapped up Friday afternoon in Hamilton county criminal court.

The case brought the city's gang problems into focus.

The verdicts for Timothy "Timboo" Evans and Michael "Mike-Mike" Daniels came at mid-afternoon. The jury took about 8 hours over two days to sift through the evidence and the charges before they notified Judge Rebecca Stern that they had made their decision.

For both young men, it was guilty of murder, and conspiracy to commit the murder of 26 year old Adrian Patton in June of 2006. It happened as Patton sat in his truck 48th street in Emma Wheeler Homes. Patton's family was there for the decision.

LARRY MCCULLOUGH, PATTON'S COUSIN "It's just getting ridiculous..I'm just glad it's all over, we've been waiting two years."

The gang aspects of this killing will likely be most remembered.

Daniels was the acknowledged leader of the Skyline Bloods and Evans was his right hand man, the one he ordered to shoot and kill Patton. Evans admitted that killing on the stand Thursday.

GLORIA GRIFFIN, VICTIM'S AUNT "The city needs to take control of this gang, this gang problem has gotten out of hand..these people lose their lives..and it hurts families."

JOHN MCDOUGAL, EVANS ATTORNEY "This is a problem that the city has been denying for a while..that there is no gang problem...but I've been defending gang members for a while now..it's only getting worse. "

Formal sentencing for the two men, who also faced misdemeanor weapons charges, has been set for July 28th.

Those mandatory life sentences do allow for parole, normally after they have served at least 51 years behind bars.