People v. Williams

No. 1-94-2395

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County))

v. )))

ROBERT WILLIAMS, ))

Defendant-Appellant. ) The Honorable) Dennis A. Dernbach,) Judge Presiding

PRESIDING JUSTICE DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant Robert Williams guilty of armed violence and possession of a controlled substance. The circuit court sentenced him to 18 years in the custody of the Illinois Depart­ment of Corrections for the armed violence conviction and a concurrent three-year sentence for the controlled substance offense.

On…