People v. Braden
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mikva
¶ 1 Armon Braden pled guilty to felony murder. His conviction was predicated on an armed robbery in which the victim died from injuries inflicted by one of Mr. Braden's codefendants. After imposing a negotiated 22-year sentence on Mr. Braden, the trial court gave insufficient admonishments as to what Mr. Braden must do to perfect an appeal, including which motion he would need to file to withdraw his plea and vacate the judgment against him. Because of that, we remand this case to the trial court for proper admonishments and, following the admonishments, to allow Mr. Braden the opportunity to…
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