Where the defendant is present during their own plea hearing their presence is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction on the court to enter the appropriate plea.The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed the decision of Cook County Circuit Judge Steven Gregory Watkins. On Jan. 18, 1996, Farzad Abtahi was arrested following the execution of a search warrant, where Officer Luis Caspo recovered one foil packet of what was believed to be heroin. Following his arrest, it was arranged that Abtahi would plead guilty to Class 1 …