People v. Williams

The defendant, James E. Williams, appeals following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County where he was convicted of armed robbery, armed violence and aggravated battery. The defendant was concurrently sentenced to serve 15, 10 and 5 years for each respective offense.

On appeal, the defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred when it refused to permit the defense to impeach a prosecution witness with evidence that the witness was on supervision for an unrelated offense; (2) the prosecutor engaged in an improper and inflammatory rebuttal argument which denied the defendant a…