Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Post-Conviction Petitions
Defendant was indicted form armed robbery, and court accepted negotiated guilty plea, and sentenced Defendant to 10 years. Court properly dismissed his postconviction petition as it was substantively frivolous and patently without merit.Factual basis for plea reflects that codefendant would have testified to Defendant's participation in crime, and without plea, Defendant would have faced two separate burglary charges dismissed as part of plea agreement. Defendant's allegation of coerced guilty plea is contradicted by Defendant's statement, at plea hearing, that no one coerced him. (SCHOSTOK and HUDSON, concurring.)