Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Guilty Pleas
A defendant who enters into a negotiated plea agreement may not challenge his sentence on the basis that the court relied on improper statutory sentencing factors. Such challenge is an excessive sentence challenge, for which recourse is to seek to withdraw the guilty plea and return the parties to the status quo before the plea. Appellate court erred in addressing the merits of Defendant's sentencing challenge. (KARMEIER, THOMAS, KILBRIDE, GARMAN, BURKE, and NEVILLE, concurring.)