PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 1-11-1145, 1-11-2251.

982 N.E.2d 181 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 111145

367 Ill. Dec. 503

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

December 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Sklar, P.C. ( Michael L. Sklar , of counsel), and Ungaretti & Harris LLP ( John Ruskusky , Timothy E. Horton , Maura M. McIntyre , and Brittany A. Smith , of counsel), both of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , William L. Tofenetti , and Mary P. Needham , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HARRIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Here we are called upon to determine whether the denial of defendant Carl Williams' petition for an evidentiary hearing to show actual innocence should be reversed. We are also required to determine whether the United States Supreme Court's holding in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012)...

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