PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 70253, 70302, 70486, 70538 and 70565.

599 N.E.2d 913 (1992)

149 Ill.2d 467

174 Ill.Dec. 829

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Roger WILLIAMS, Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Andre PETERS, Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Louis HAMILTON, Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Michael WILLIAMS, Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Christopher RICE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Linda Eigner, Gordon H. Berry, Nan Ellen Foley, Barbara Czuchra Kamm, Ann C. McCallister and Debra R. Salinger, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, and Timothy McKercher, law student, for appellants in Nos. 70253, 70302, 70538 & 70565.

Roland W. Burris, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos and William D. Carroll, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in Nos. 70253, 70302, 70538 & 70565.

Neil F. Hartigan and Roland W. Burris, Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Paul A. Logli, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Fotios Burtzos and William D. Carroll, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman and James Majors, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People in No. 70486.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Gloria A. Morris, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee in No. 70486.


Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In cause No. 70253, defendant, Roger Williams, was convicted of robbery (Ill.Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18-1(a)) following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. At his sentencing hearing the court found Williams qualified for a Class X sentence (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1(a)(3)) under section 5-5-3(c)(8) (the Class X provision) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3(c)(8)...

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