PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-08-0487.

915 N.E.2d 815 (2009)

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, James Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorney, Samuel Shim, Assistant State's Attorney, Tja A. Chiapelli, Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Lindsey J. Anderson, Assistant Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Ross Williams was convicted of unlawful use of a weapon (UUW) for possession of a sawed-off shotgun (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(7)(ii) (West 2006)) and was sentenced to 12 months' probation. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the State failed to prove him guilty of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt because the item recovered was in such disrepair that it could no longer be considered...

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