Legal Opinion

People v. Williams

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 9, 1978No. 13936PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reardon

The defendant, Roy Allan Williams, was sentenced to 1 year conditional discharge upon the condition that he serve 3 days in the county jail after a Champaign County jury found him guilty of resisting or obstructing a peace officer, a violation of section 31—1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 31—1).

On October 1, 1975, Clifford Cameron, a job supervisor at the Douglass Community Center construction site in Champaign, arrived at the site with two crew members who were going to place fence posts. The defendant was present at the site and told the three workers that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. PickettIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Department of Public Works & Buildings v. RoehrigAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  3. People v. EverettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
  2. People v. BatchelorAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
  3. People v. DowneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
  4. People v. StampsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. Cunningham v. Millers General InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992

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