People v. Williams

2022 IL 126918

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 126918) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. TRAVIS J. WILLIAMS, Appellee. Opinion filed May 19, 2022. JUSTICE THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and Justices Garman, Neville, Michael J. Burke, Overstreet, and Carter concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 The central issue in this case is whether the appellate court erred in finding that the prosecutor’s unobjected-to comments about hearsay during rebuttal closing argument were reversible plain…