For the purposes of this rule, a negotiated plea is one in which the prosecution has bound itself to recommend a specific sentence, or a specific range of sentence, or where the prosecution has made concessions relating to the sentence to be imposed and not merely to the charge or charges then pending.
For the purposes of this rule, a negotiated plea is one in which the prosecution has bound itself to recommend a specific sentence, or a specific range of sentence, or where the prosecution has made concessions relating to the sentence to be imposed and not merely to the charge or charges then pending.
Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 605
Committee Comments
(Revised July 1, 1975)
This rule is derived from former Rule 27(6), as it existed before 1967, which in turn was derived from section 121-4(c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In 1967 the requirement that the stenographic transcript of the court's advice to the defendant and the defendant's answers be filed as a part of the common-law record was transferred to Rule 401, and the last sentence of the former rule was transferred to Rule 606(a).
This rule was amended in June, 1970, to add the last sentence, which requires the trial court to advise the defendant of the time within which his notice of appeal must be filed in order to preserve his right to appeal. See Rule 651(b) for a comparable provision.
Tire 1971 amendments remove the requirement that the court advise of their various rights defendants who plead guilty. They also extended the requirement that the advice be given in all cases, including misdemeanor cases, in which the defendant was convicted of an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than six months. In thus extending the requirement these amendments conformed the rule to the provisions of Rule 607, as amended the same year, dealing with the rights of indigents to appointed counsel and a report of proceedings. (See Committee Comments to that rule.) In 1974, Rule 607 was again amended to provide for a free transcript in all cases in which the defendant has been convicted and sentenced. Under the amended rule, however, the right to appointment of counsel is limited to cases in which the offense was a felony or a Class A misdemeanor, or in which the sentence involves some imprisonment, whether imposed as a sentence or as a condition to a sentence of probation or conditional discharge. This rule was again amended to conform its provisions with those of Rule 607. The language of both rules was changed to conform with the language of the Unified Code of Corrections.
In 1975, Rule 604(d) was added to provide that before appealing a judgment and sentence entered on a plea of guilty, the defendant must move in the trial court for vacation of the judgment and to withdraw the plea of guilty. Rule 605 was amended to designate tire matter then contained in the rule as paragraph (a), and to add new paragraph (b), providing that on imposition of sentence the defendant shall be advised of the requirements of Rule 604(d).
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