People v. Willis

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Guilty Pleas
Citation
Case Number: 
2015 IL App (5th) 130147
Decision Date: 
Friday, March 6, 2015
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Marion Co.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded with directions.
Justice: 
GOLDENHERSH
Court erred in denying Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, as his attorney filed a Supreme Court Rule 604(d) certificate that was defective on its face. Certificate incorrectly refers to Defendant with pronoun "her", and states that he made amendments to pleadings, yet he later admitted that he had not done so. Certificate does not specify that counsel examined report of proceedings of guilty plea.(STEWART and SCHWARM, concurring.)