PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-94-2395.

681 N.E.2d 115 (1997)

289 Ill. App.3d 24

224 Ill.Dec. 133

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Mally, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Owen D. Kalt, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Pamela Z. O'Shea, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.


Presiding Justice DIVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant Robert Williams guilty of armed violence and possession of a controlled substance. The circuit court sentenced him to 18 years in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections for the armed violence conviction and a concurrent three-year sentence for the controlled substance offense.

On appeal, defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial (1) by the admission...

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