People v. Liming

Defendant was sentenced to a term of 12 months’ probation following his guilty plea to theft under $300 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 16—1). A petition was later filed to revoke defendant’s probation. Defendant did not appear at the hearing on the petition because he was in the custody of the Department of Corrections on an unrelated matter. The circuit court of Woodford County proceeded with the hearing in defendant’s absence and found the allegations in the petition proved. Defendant was sentenced to a further 12 months’ probation, 65 days in the county jail, and he was ordered to pay…