People v. Sawyer

Defendant, Gary Sawyer, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, pars. 8 — 4(a), 18-l(a)(now 720 ILCS 5/8 — 4(a), 5/18 — 1(a) (West 1992))). After the trial court denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, he was sentenced to an extended term of 10 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea.

We affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

On July 1,1992, defendant was indicted on two counts of robbery. On July 10, 1992, Assistant Public Defender Carol…