People v. Williams

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Battery
Citation
Case Number: 
2017 IL App (3d) 140841
Decision Date: 
Monday, April 3, 2017
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Will Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed in part and vacated in part.
Justice: 
SCHMIDT

Defendant was convicted of aggravated battery of a woman she arranged to meet through Internet website; altercation between the two resulted in Defendant striking the woman with a baseball story. Court found that their stories were similar and resolution turned on determining who was the aggressor. State proved Defendant's use of deadly force was unreasonable. Evidence disproved beyond a reasonable doubt that Defendant acted in self-defense. No denial of due process right to a fair trial, as court indicated that its findings were an alternative basis for guilty verdicts. Defendant lacked requisite notice that State intended to treat her conduct as 2 separate acts, and thus one conviction is vacated. (CARTER and McDADE, concurring.)