People v. Nickols

Defendant plead guilty to two counts of aggravated battery and one count of armed violence and was sentenced to 2-6 years’ imprisonment on one count of aggravated battery. Defendant appeals, contending that his guilty plea was involuntary as a result of coercive conduct by the trial • court, that the trial court erred by denying a motion for substitution of judges, that the three offenses arose from the same conduct thus permitting only one conviction, and that the sentence is excessive in the absence of a sentencing hearing.

The record shows that on March 12, 1975, the date on which…