Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant Vincent D. Franks entered a partially negotiated guilty plea to attempted armed robbery. 720 ILCS 5/8—4, 18—2 (West 1996). In exchange for the plea, the State agreed to a sentence cap of 10 years' imprisonment and dismissed a charge of aggravated battery. The trial court accepted the plea and imposed a seven-year prison term. On appeal, defendant argues that his sentence was an abuse of the...
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