Defendant challenged the prosecutor's predicate violent felony statement on the ground, inter alia, that his prior plea of guilty was unknowingly and involuntarily made. After a review of the plea proceeding minutes of the earlier felony conviction, the sentencing court denied that challenge without a hearing on the basis that the record failed to support defendant's assertion. Although a defendant is ordinarily entitled to a hearing to test the constitutionality of...
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