People v. Langford

Defendant, Donald Langford, was charged by information in September 1988 with a Class 4 felony violation of the Timber Buyers Licensing Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 111, par. 701 et seq.). Pursuant to a plea agreement, Langford pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor offense under that act. After the trial court imposed the maximum Class A misdemeanor sentence, Langford filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The trial court denied that motion and Langford appeals.

We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Defendant was charged with violating section 5 of the Act, which states…