PEOPLE v. FOSTER

No. 78785.

665 N.E.2d 823 (1996)

171 Ill.2d 469

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Gregory A. FOSTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett and Brett N. Olmstead, of Beckett & Webber, P.C., Urbana, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Roger Simpson, State's Attorney, of Monticello (Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman and Denise M. Ambrose, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

This case addresses the ramifications of a defendant's failure to file a written motion for reconsideration of a sentence in violation of Rule 604(d) where the trial judge has also failed to admonish the defendant regarding this requirement as mandated by Rule 605(b). The appellate court dismissed defendant's appeal of his sentence (No. 4-94-0451 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23)), ruling that it could...

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