People v. Algee

Defendant, Stanley Algee, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Jackson County denying his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty as an accomplice to the charge of first degree murder. Defendant further appeals his sentence imposed in an unrelated drug case. The two cases have been consolidated for appeal as they involve a single plea agreement. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On January 24, 1990, defendant entered a plea of guilty to first degree murder as an accomplice in connection with a fatal shooting during an armed robbery of a restaurant on October 14, 1989. At the time…