PEOPLE v. WHITE

No. 109616.

953 N.E.2d 398 (2011)

352 Ill. Dec. 159

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Pierre WHITE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( James E. Fitzgerald , Annette N. Collins , Jennifer N. Bruzan , Alan J. Spellberg , Susan R. Schierl Sullivan , Veronica Calderon Malavia and Kathryn A. Schierl , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan J. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and Darrel F. Oman , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In this case, we address the following question: When the factual basis entered for a guilty plea makes it clear that a defendant is subject to a mandatory sentencing enhancement, may the trial court enter judgment imposing a sentence that does not include the enhancement on the basis that the enhancement was excluded by the parties from the plea agreement? The appellate court...

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