People v. Nichols

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court;

The defendant was convicted of the offense of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a) (2)) based on his negotiated plea of guilty. Under the terms of the plea bargain the State agreed to dismiss count I of the amended information which charged murder with “the intent to kill or do great bodily harm” (par. 9 — 1(a) (1)), agreeing to charge the offense under count II with the intent language, “knows that such acts create a strong probability of death or great bodily harm * * (Par. 9 — 1(a)(2).) The State also agreed…