People v. Linder

Docket Nos. 83415, 84014 cons.–Agenda 5–September 1998.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JAMES LINDER, Appellee.–THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE

OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LEROY RICE, Appellee.

Opinion filed February 19, 1999.

The issue in these two consolidated appeals is whether a defendant who pleads guilty in exchange for a cap on the length of his sentence may challenge a sentence that is imposed within the range of the cap without first moving to withdraw his guilty plea. We hold that he may not.

In People v. Linder , James Linder was charged with three counts of armed robbery, one…