PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

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

2012 IL App (1st) 111145

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARL WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Opinion withdrawn December 11, 2012.

Modified opinion filed 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.

Justices Quinn and Connors concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARRIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Justices Quinn and Connors concurred in the judgment and 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. ___...

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