People v. Guerero

This case presents question as to whether trial court properly denied defendant's request to file successive postconviction petition alleging that trial court denied him due process by failing to admonish him regarding applicability of three-year mandatory supervised release at time of his guilty plea and when imposing defendant's 50-year sentence on murder charge. Appellate Court, in finding that Whitfield, 217 Ill.2d 177 did not apply, concluded that defendant's plea was not knowingly and voluntarily made because he was never admonished that his sentence would include term of mandatory supervised release. Accordingly, Appellate Court reduced defendant's sentence to 47 years plus three years of mandatory supervised release. (Dissent filed.)