Legal Opinion

People v. Milian

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 22, 2019No. Appeal 3-15-0212UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lytton

*886 ¶ 1 Defendant, William J. Milian, appeals from the denial of his motion to reconsider sentence, arguing that a new Illinois Supreme Court Rule 604(d) (eff. July 1, 2017) certificate needs to be filed and new postplea proceedings held as the filed certificate was not compliant with the amended rule. We vacate the circuit court's decision on the motion to reconsider and remand for new postplea proceedings.

¶ 2 FACTS

¶ 3 Defendant entered a blind guilty plea to attempted first degree murder ( 720 ILCS 5/8-4(a), 9-1(a) (West 2014)) and was sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment. Defense counsel filed…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. JanesIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
  2. People v. HunterIllinois Supreme Court · 2017
  3. People v. TousignantIllinois Supreme Court · 2014
  4. People v. EastonIllinois Supreme Court · 2019
  5. People v. GonzalezAppellate Court of Illinois · 2017

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. MilianAppellate Court of Illinois · 2019

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