People v. Velasco

The defendant, Richard Velasco, appeals from the trial court’s summary denial of his pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The only issue on appeal is whether we must remand this cause to the trial court for further proceedings under Rule 604(d) (107 Ill. 2d R. 604(d)). For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.

The defendant was charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12 — 14(a)(2)) and one count of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12— 4(a)) stemming from a February 3, 1988, attack of a woman in…