People v. Bosworth

Defendant, Philip Bosworth, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(2)) and, pursuant to the plea agreement, was sentenced to a 40-year term of imprisonment.

He appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to murder.

Defendant raises the following issue on appeal: whether the trial court properly accepted his guilty plea where the factual stipulation supporting that plea indicated the existence of a possible defense to murder consisting of the lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter.

Defendant was originally…