People v. Williams

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 imposed a sentence of 46 years. On appeal, the defendant raises plain error based on the trial court’s instruction to the jury that to consider the.…