Reversed and remanded.
JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:
At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court should have allowed the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea where no verbatim transcript was kept of the plea proceeding and the defendant alleged an invalid waiver of counsel under Supreme Court Rule 401 (87 Ill.2d R. 401).
On July 15, 1983, the defendant, Michael Nikonowicz, came before Judge Thomas Hildebrand on...
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