People v. Christensen

Defendant pleaded guilty to burglary and now appeals from the denial of her motion to withdraw her guilty plea, claiming that the plea was involuntary and taken in violation of her right to counsel. We affirm.

On April 20, 1989, Detective Earl Ashmore of the Charleston police department questioned defendant, an 18-year-old student at Eastern Illinois University, about several items taken from a vehicle on or around April 12, 1989. Defendant admitted taking a citizen’s band radio (CB) and a “fuzz buster” from a vehicle on April 13, 1989, without the owner’s permission. Defendant later sold the…