People v. Kull

On September 14, 1987, in the circuit court of Macon County, defendant Steven Michael Kull entered a plea of guilty to the offense of murder (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and received a negotiated sentence of 22 years’ imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. On October 13, defendant filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, which was denied. Defendant now appeals alleging that he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea because he was not admonished, prior to his plea, concerning the period of mandatory supervised release, and his plea was not voluntary.

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