Defendant was charged with 1st degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. One year later, Defendant provided a videotaped statement to detectives, and shortly thereafter pled guilty to 1st degree murder. Court granted Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Defendant was convicted, after stipulated bench trial in which his statement was admitted into evidence, of 1st degree murder. Defendant provided his videotaped statement after the plea agreement was reached but before he entered his guilty plea. Thus, the statement was not made during plea discussions and was admissible at trial. Providing a truthful statement was not a condition precedent of the deal but was a term of, or obligation under, the deal. (CARTER, concurring; McDADE, dissenting.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Guilty Pleas