People v. Williams

Following a jury trial, defendant Victor Williams was convicted of rape and armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 11 — 1, 18 — 2) and sentenced to concurrent terms of 15 years’ imprisonment for each offense. He raises the following pertinent issues for our review: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the victim’s pretrial and in-court identifications of the defendant; (2) whether defendant’s conviction for armed robbery is supported by evidence establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant utilized violence or threat of force in order to take…