People v. Smith

FOURTH DIVISION December 23, 2010 No. 1-08-0758 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 01 CR 1657 ) ROBERT SMITH, ) Honorable ) James D. Egan, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE LAVIN delivered the opinion of the court: Here, we consider the appeal of a defendant who pled guilty to murder during the middle of his trial for the beating and death by drowning in a bathtub of a two-year-old child, after which defendant was sentenced to 32 years in prison. Defendant subsequently filed a motion to withdraw…