PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 4-00-0449.

752 N.E.2d 1200 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 312

257 Ill.Dec. 20

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jo Ann ALLEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed) (argued), Kara Craig, 711 Senior Law Student, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Jo Ann Allen.

John C. Piland, Champaign County State's Attorney, Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, David E. Mannchen (argued), Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Jo Ann Allen appeals the denial of her motion to withdraw guilty plea. Allen argues that she was coerced into pleading guilty when her attorney moved to withdraw from the case after she initially refused to accept a plea bargain. She also asserts that the trial court erred by accepting defense counsel's stipulation to the factual basis for her plea, rather than requiring the State to summarize the evidence that it would...

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