People v. Wills
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simkins
Defendant, John Wills, appeals from judgments entered pursuant to guilty pleas for the offenses of burglary, escape and armed robbery and from concurrent sentences imposed of 3 to 9 years on the burglary, 3 years and 4 months to 10 years for the escape, and 5 to 30 years for the armed robbery. These three appeals have been consolidated for purposes of opinion.
Defendant raises the following issues for resolution by this court:(1) Whether defendant’s guilty pleas to escape and armed robbery were voluntarily entered.(2) Whether the trial court erred in not informing defendant of the possibility…
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