State v. Williams

BRECKENRIDGE, Presiding Judge.

Tony Williams appeals from his convictions for first degree murder and armed criminal action. Mr. Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On direct appeal, Mr. Williams claims that the evidence was insufficient to support his first degree murder conviction because he did not shoot the victim, or possess the required mental state. In addition, Mr. Williams claims that the trial court plainly erred by allowing the State to argue during closing argument that one of its witnesses had no mental problem because that assertion…