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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 78-269.

80 Ill. App.3d 963 (1980)

400 N.E.2d 532

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JIMMY D. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Daniel Yuhas, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Scott Wilzbach, State's Attorney, of Salem (Linda Watkins, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jimmy D. Williams, was charged by information with the murder of LaMar Meeks. Following a jury trial, at which he interposed a defense of justifiable use of force, defendant was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)) and sentenced to 20 to 40 years in the penitentiary. Defendant appeals contending (1) the information was fatally defective...

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