PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 2-97-0956.

707 N.E.2d 980 (1999)

302 Ill. App.3d 975

236 Ill.Dec. 642

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Barbara R. Paschen (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Ellis Williams.

Michael P. Bald, Stephenson County State's Atty., Freeport, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Joan M. Kripke, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People.


Justice RAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Ellis Williams, was convicted of the offenses of armed violence based upon possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 5/33A-2 (West 1996)); unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 1996)); and unlawful use of a weapon (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(9) (West 1996)). The jury found him not guilty of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.<...

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