People v. Butler

The defendant, Calvin Butler, was charged by separate informations in the circuit court of Lake County with the offenses of theft of property valued at over $300 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 16— 1(a)(1)) and residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 19— 3). The defendant entered pleas of guilty and was placed on concurrent 30-months’ probation on each charge. Pursuant to the plea negotiations, the residential burglary charge was reduced to burglary, and a misdemeanor theft charge was nolle prossed.

Inter alia, as conditions of probation on the theft conviction, the…