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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-07-0187.

908 N.E.2d 1079 (2009)

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Fitzgerald, Sally L. Dilgart, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Elizabeth A. Botti, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant and codefendant Derrick Skipper were charged with the July 1, 2005, murder of John Riley. The defendant and codefendant Skipper had separate, but simultaneous trials, with the defendant opting for a jury trial and Skipper, a bench trial. Skipper is not a party to this appeal. Following his jury trial, the defendant was convicted of first degree murder for the shooting death of Riley. The trial court...

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