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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 107140.

920 N.E.2d 1060 (2009)

235 Ill.2d 286

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Joel WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Gary R. Peterson, Deputy Defender, and Ryan R. Wilson, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and William A. Yoder, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Charles Redfern, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

At issue is whether a State's Attorney may recover a statutory $50 appeal fee (55 ILCS 5/4-2002(a) (West 2008)) when the defendant is partially successful on appeal.

BACKGROUND

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of McLean County, defendant, Joel Williams, was convicted of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4(b...

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