People v. Williams

2025 IL App (1st) 230584-B

FIFTH DIVISION May 30, 2025 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT No. 1-23-0584 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 17 CR 424 ) RASHAD H. WILLIAMS, ) Honorable ) Geraldine A. D’Souza, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. PRESIDING JUSTICE MIKVA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Mitchell and Lyle concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Following a bench trial, defendant Rashad H. Williams was convicted of aggravated vehicular…