The provision by the supreme court for the appointment of counsel at the posttrial motion stage is indicative of the court's “continuing concern for the constitutional rights of defendants, even after they have lost the presumption of innocence.” People v. Roby, 356 Ill.App.3d 567, 572, 292 Ill.Dec. 823, 826 N.E.2d 1259 (2005). If there is a bona fide question as to defendant's fitness, defendant cannot be presumed to have understood the Rule 605(c) admonishments.
On August 5, 2005, the circuit court conducted a hearing on defendant's supplemental motion to withdraw his guilty plea. As a preliminary matter, the court first considered whether defendant was fit to proceed on his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, pursuant to this court's holding in People v. Roby, 356 Ill. App. 3d 567 (2005). The parties stipulated that, if called to testify, Dr. Susan Nowak would testify that she evaluated defendant on July 14, 2005, to determine whether he was fit to proceed on his motion to withdraw his guilty plea.