PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-01-0794.

781 N.E.2d 574 (2002)

335 Ill. App.3d 596

269 Ill.Dec. 777

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Thomas G. Gonzalez, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Manny Magence, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, the defendant Bernard Williams was convicted of first degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. The trial judge sentenced him to a total of 80 years in prison: 50 years for murder and three consecutive prison terms of 10 years for each count of aggravated battery with a firearm.

The issue before us is whether the...

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