People v. Boykins

¶ 1 The issue presented in this appeal is whether the circuit court's plea admonishments regarding mandatory supervised release (MSR) were sufficient to satisfy the due process rights of defendant, Byron Boykins. Defendant filed a pro se postconviction petition in the circuit court of Cook County pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act ( 725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 2014)), alleging that his due process rights were violated when the trial court failed to specifically admonish him that he would be required to serve a 3-year term of MSR after completing the 22-year prison sentence he…