Court Opinion

ID: 9534218
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:37:41.286169+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:00.490424
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JUSTICE TURNER, specially concurring in part and dissenting in part: Although I concur with the majority’s decision to affirm defendant’s sentence based on his due-process argument, I disagree with the order to reverse and remand for compliance with Rule 604(d). Therefore, I respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority’s order. In the case sub judice, defense counsel’s certificate sufficiently complied with the requirements of Rule 604(d). Counsel stated he consulted with defendant to ascertain his contentions of error, examined the transcripts in the trial court file of the plea and sentencing hearings and the report of proceedings of the plea of guilty, and made any amendments to the motion necessary for adequate presentation of any defects in those proceedings. While the certificate was in-artfully worded, a verbatim recitation is not required. See Wyatt, 305 Ill. App. 3d at 297, 712 N.E.2d at 347-48. The majority’s order, however, has the effect of requiring such a verbatim recitation of the rule. I would affirm the trial court’s judgment in all other respects.