People v. Luna

Defendant pled guilty to one count of aggravated DUI, in exchange for State nol-prossing other charges; there was no agreement as to Defendant's sentence. Court sentenced Defendant to 8 years, and Defense counsel moved for reconsideration of sentence, which court denied. On appeal, court granted Defendant's motion for remand to afford counsel opportunity to file new motion in accordance with Rule 604(d). New Rule 604(d) certificate strictly complies with Rule 604(d). Certificate indicates that counsel consulted with Defendant to ascertain his contentions of error, and includes no language limiting the scope of the consultation to a particular category of error. Thus, natural import of certificate's unqualified language is that the consultation broadly encompassed both types of error that postplea proceedings were designed to redress: sentencing errors and errors affecting validity of Defendant's plea.(BURKE and SPENCE, concurring.)