People v. Holt

Defendant, William O. Holt, pleaded guilty to burglary, and the trial court sentenced him as a Class X offender due to his prior record. The court sentenced Holt to 13 years’ imprisonment and 3 years’ mandatory supervised release (MSR). Holt did not file a direct appeal. In a petition for postconviction relief, Holt alleged that he only agreed to the 13-year sentence in the plea agreement and that the addition of the MSR term constituted an unfair breach of the plea agreement and violated his due-process rights. The trial court dismissed the postconviction petition at the first stage as…