People v. Williams

The defendant, Martin Williams, was found guilty of theft after a jury trial in St. Clair County, Illinois. He was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for four years. Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying his motion for substitution of judge, made pursuant to section 114 — 5(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 114 — 5(a)). The State argues that defendant has waived the issue by failing to raise it in his post-trial motion, and that his motion for substitution was not timely filed and, therefore, the…