People v. Stillman

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Nicholas Stillman entered a plea of guilty in the circuit court of Pike County to the offense of murder and was sentenced to 75 to 225 years imprisonment. Shortly thereafter he made a timely motion pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(d) (58 Ill. 2d R. 604(d)), to withdraw the plea. He appeals the trial court’s denial of that motion contending that the trial court erred in (1) accepting the plea without an adequate showing of a factual basis for the plea, and (2) requiring him to carry the burden of proving his lack of…