People v. Gazelle

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court can impose a consecutive sentence upon a defendant who admitted to a petition to revoke his probation when the court did not admonish him at the time of his admission of the possibility of a consecutive sentence. We hold that the court may not impose consecutive sentences under these circumstances.

I. BACKGROUND

In June 1990, defendant, Russell Gazelle, pled guilty to burglary (111. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)), and the trial court sentenced him to 42 months of probation subject to certain conditions. In September…