People v. Lange

Defendant appeals the denial of his motion to withdraw his negotiated plea of guilty entered in the Circuit Court of Madison County to an information charging armed robbery.

Defendant, citing People v. Samuels, 42 Ill. App. 3d 642, 356 N.E.2d 563 (5th Dist. 1976), and People v. Sorensen, 49 Ill. App. 3d 984, 365 N.E.2d 171 (1977), argues that the court erred in conducting a hearing on defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea where the record failed to substantiate counsel’s compliance with Supreme Court Rule 604(d) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110A, par. 604(d)).

The defendant represented…