State v. Mossman

Defendant appeals from an order amending two judgment orders nunc pro tunc to reflect the trial court’s oral imposition of two concurrent five-year minimum sentences, which had been omitted from the written orders. He argues that the trial court was without authority to correct the orders in these circumstances.

In 1982, the circuit court entered two orders which adjudicated defendant guilty of two counts of burglary in the first degree, sentenced him to two concurrent terms in prison for a maximum of 20 years, suspended execution of his sentences and placed him on probation for five years. At…