PEOPLE v. GOUGISHA

No. 1-02-1701.

807 N.E.2d 515 (2004)

347 Ill. App.3d 158

282 Ill.Dec. 891

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tanesha GOUGISHA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Lisa E. Rousso, Assistant Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Campos, Kenneth D. Jenkins, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a guilty plea, defendant Tanesha Gougisha was convicted of aggravated battery of a child and sentenced to 12 years in prison. On appeal, defendant contends that she entered into an open rather than negotiated guilty plea, and thus, her case must be remanded to the trial court because it failed to properly admonish her regarding her right to file a motion for reconsideration of her sentence in accordance...

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