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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 62617, 76-326 cons.

47 Ill. App.3d 798 (1977)

365 N.E.2d 415

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN WILLIAMS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed April 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Saul H. Brauner and Thomas F. Finegan, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant Victor Watts.

James Geis and Ira A. Moltz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant John Williams.

T. Lee Boyd, Jr., Isaiah S. Gant, and R. Eugene Pincham, all of Chicago, for appellant Willie Nelson.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Paul Benjamin Linton, and Linda Dale Woloshin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial without jury, defendants John Williams, Willie Nelson and Victor Watts were convicted of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 18-2). In addition, Williams was convicted of unlawful use of weapons, in that he knowingly possessed a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches in length. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(7).) Nelson was sentenced to a term...

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