People v. Williams

Jirani Williams (defendant) was convicted of attempted aggravated robbery following a bench trial and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Upon appeal, defendant asserts that: (1) his conviction must be reversed because the aggravated robbery statute violates due process; (2) the State did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he indicated verbally or by his actions that he was armed with a weapon; (3) he was denied effective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s failure to impeach the State’s witnesses with evidence that contradicted their trial testimony; (4) the State violated…