PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 85-0102.

138 Ill. App.3d 592 (1985)

486 N.E.2d 333

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed November 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Kathleen J. Hamill, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Fred L. Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (William L. Browers and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joseph Williams, appeals from an order of the circuit court denying his petition to elect treatment pursuant to the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1984 Supp., ch. 111 1/2, par. 6322), and imposing a term of five years imprisonment upon a conviction for robbery. He contends that (1) the court erred in finding that robbery is a "crime of violence" which...

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