People v. Williams

Defendant Raymond Williams was indicted for the offense of armed robbery and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to the lesser included offense of robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, pars. 18—2 and 18—1.) He was sentenced to a term of 3 to 9 years in the penitentiary. Defendant’s subsequent motion to withdraw the plea of guilty and vacate the judgment thereon was denied.

On appeal, defendant contends: (1) that his motion for a continuance to secure new counsel was improperly denied, forcing him to plead guilty or proceed to trial with a lawyer he mistrusted; and (2) that the sentence…