People v. Jacobs

The petitioner, Kevin Jacobs, was indicted for the offenses of armed violence, attempted murder, aggravated battery, and felony theft. Petitioner pleaded guilty to armed violence, aggravated battery, and felony theft in exchange for the State’s promise to dismiss the attempted murder conviction and to recommend a sentence not in excess of 10 years’ imprisonment. Petitioner was free to recommend the court impose a six-year penal sentence, the minimum penal sentence for armed violence. (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 33A — 3, 1005— 8 — 1(a)(3).) The court sentenced petitioner to 10 years’…