People v. Coultas

The petitioner, Larry Coultas, appeals from the denial of his post-conviction.

Petitioner pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and was sentenced to three years imprisonment pursuant to a negotiated plea. Prior to accepting the plea of guilty, the court admonished the petitioner that upon conviction he could be sentenced to a determinate sentence of not less than two years nor more than five years, but the court failed to admonish petitioner of the mandatory supervised release term (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1978 Supp., ch. 38, par. 1005—8—1(d)(3)). Petitioner contends that failure to admonish him of the…