People v. Williams

The defendant George Williams pleaded guilty to burglary on July 11, 1989, and was sentenced on October 3, 1989, to serve six years’ imprisonment. On November 7, 1989, the trial judge denied the defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty. The defendant has filed a timely appeal.

The defendant argues a new sentencing hearing is necessary because the trial court erroneously believed that it had no discretion to place the defendant on probation under the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 111½, par. 6360—2).

The issue being limited, only those…