A guilty plea is not vitiated by erroneous advice about sentencing options (here, periodic detention) where the error is corrected before sentencing and the accused is advised of the right to apply to withdraw the plea but declines to do so. The ordinary course of a prosecution maintaining charges and seeking to adduce evidence does not constitute a 'threat' capable of vitiating a guilty plea.
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