Reversed and remanded.
PRESIDING JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendant, Dennis Joe Stoneking, pleaded guilty to burglary and first degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 19-1(a), 9-1(a)(2)). The trial court imposed a sentence of natural life imprisonment on the murder count and a concurrent seven-year sentence on the burglary count. The court later denied the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The defendant...
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