PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-86-1521.

185 Ill. App.3d 1040 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 93

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed June 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Millicent Willis and Z. Peter Tokatlian, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Carol L. Gaines, and David L. Studenroth, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE EGAN* delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, James Williams, was found guilty by a jury of intentional murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)), for the shooting death of Frank Rhodes and was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment.

On October 31, 1984, at 9:30 p.m., Frank Rhodes was standing with five or six other persons, including his friends Duane Gratton, Wayne Mitchell...

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