Appellate Court of Illinois December 23, 2010, 1-08-0758 (People v. Smith)

JUSTICE LAVIN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Here, we consider the appeal of a defendant who pled guilty to murder during the middle of his trial for the beating and death by drowning in a bathtub of a two-year-old child, after which defendant was sentenced to 32 years in prison.