People v. Williams

FIRST DIVISION SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 No. 1-05-1141 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 04 CR 7437 ) PAUL WILLIAMS, ) The Honorable ) Stuart E. Palmer, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court. Following a bench trial, the defendant, Paul Williams, was convicted of two counts of unlawful use of recorded sounds or images in violation of section 16-7(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (the Code) (720 ILCS 5/16-7(a)(2) (West 2004)), and two counts of unlawful use of…