People v. Boykins

This case presents question as to whether trial court properly dismissed defendant’s post-conviction petition that alleged that trial court violated his due process rights by failing to properly admonish him prior to accepting his guilty plea that his eventual prison sentence would be followed by three-year term of mandatory supervised release (MSR). Record showed that trial court mentioned three-year MSR when informing defendant of minimum and maximum penalties of his offense prior to defendant pleading guilty, and Appellate Court found that such mention satisfied notions of due process, as well as Rule 402. Appellate Court rejected defendant’s claim that trial court was required to mention link of MSR term to specific prison sentence.