Legal Opinion
Jay Harry Fern v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 1996No. 94-2258PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Without a prior plea agreement, Jay Harry Fern pleaded guilty in an Illinois court in May 1989 to two counts of unlawful delivery of a controUed substance (cocaine). The court sentenced him on July 19 of the same year to concurrent twenty-five- and ten-year terms and imposed fines totaling $75,000. After announcing its sentence, the court informed Fern of his right to appeal and ad vised him that he would first have to file a written motion asking the trial court to permit him to withdraw his guilty plea. Despite this admonition, Fern’s attorney did not file the motion…
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