People v. Ritchie

Defendant, Edward Dean Ritchie, appeals the circuit court’s order denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea and vacate his conviction of one count of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2(a) (now 720 ILCS 5/18 — 2(a) (West 1992))). Defendant contends that the order must be reversed where the record does not demonstrate that his counsel complied with Supreme Court Rule 604(d) (134 Ill. 2d R. 604(d)).

Defendant was charged by complaint with one count of armed robbery and two counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery. In preliminary proceedings, assistant public…