# People v. Williams

> Illinois Supreme Court · July 6, 2000 · 193 Ill. 2d 1

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9860652

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BOBBY O. WILLIAMS, Appellant
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 6, 2000
- **Citations:** 193 Ill. 2d 1; 249 Ill. Dec. 840; 737 N.E.2d 230; 2000 Ill. LEXIS 984
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Harrison
- **Judges:** McMorrow, Miller, Bilandic, Rathje, Harrison, Heiple
- **Cited by:** 64 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that it is appropriate to first determine whether error occurred at all
- applying similar standard in capital murder case to assess sufficiency of evidence

## Opinion text

CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON, concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I agree that Williams’ murder conviction should not be disturbed, but that his sentence of death should be set aside. In my view, however, the State should not be permitted to seek the death penalty under any theory at the new sentencing hearing. For the reasons set forth in my dissent in People v. Bull, 185 Ill. 2d 179 (1998), this state’s present death penalty law does not meet the requirements of the eighth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amends. VIII, XIV) or article I, section 2, of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, § 2). It is therefore void and unenforceable. Accordingly, on resentencing, the circuit court should impose a term of imprisonment. 720 ILCS 5/9 — l(j) (West 1998).

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