People v. Corby

At issue in the instant case is whether the defendant should have been allowed to withdraw his guilty pleas because of his reliance upon defense counsel’s representation as to the good time policy of the Department of Corrections which, although correct at the time made, was subsequently rendered inaccurate because of the Department’s change of policy following the supreme court’s decision in Lane v. Sklodowski (1983), 97 Ill. 2d 311, 454 N.E.2d 322. As an additional issue, we consider whether the trial court properly refused to modify the defendant’s sentence more than 30 days after the date…