People v. Diaz

Defendant pled guilty to 1st degree murder.Postplea counsel, who filed a facially valid Rule 604(d) certificate, was not required, under Rule 604(d), to add to Defendant's pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea a claim that the record rebutted. Motion claimed that his trial counsel misled him and that he did not understand that the 15-year enhancement was "on top of" the 23-year sentence. The record shows that Defendant was well aware of and agreed to a plea deal that called for the imposition of a 23-year sentence for murder plus a mandatory consecutive sentence of 15 years. (HUTCHINSON and BIRKETT, concurring.)