People v. Lambert

Defendant, Frederick R. Lambert, appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to reconsider his 60-year sentence for first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a) (West 1994)). Defendant contends that he should receive a new hearing on the motion because (1) after imposing the sentence, the trial court did not properly admonish him pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 605(a) (210 Ill. 2d R. 605(a)) about how to perfect an appeal from his sentence and (2) he was denied the right to be present at the hearing on the motion to reconsider. We affirm.

In 1994, defendant was convicted of murder and…