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PEOPLE v. PETERSON

No. 1-98-2362.

725 N.E.2d 1 (1999)

311 Ill. App.3d 38

244 Ill.Dec. 206

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmie PETERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

December 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin P. Sawyier and Paul N. Monnin; Winston & Strawn, Chicago, for Appellants.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney (Renee Goldfarb, Mary L. Boland, and Linda Halperin, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellees.

Justice RAKOWSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant and the State enter into plea discussions, an agreement is reached, and defendant pleads guilty. During sentencing on the plea, defendant states he has been wrongly accused of the crimes. Does the trial court abuse its discretion when it revokes its acceptance of defendant's guilty plea based on his proclamation of innocence? Because acceptance of a guilty plea is within the sound discretion of the trial...

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