People ex rel. Berlin v. Bakalis

¶ 1 Petitioner Robert B. Berlin, State's Attorney of Du Page County, seeks mandamus pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 381 (eff. July 1, 2017) against respondent, the Honorable George J. Bakalis, judge of the circuit court of Du Page County. Petitioner asks this court to direct the circuit court to vacate defendant's one-year term of mandatory supervised release (MSR) and impose the mandatory four-year MSR term required under section 5-8-1(d)(6) of the Unified Code of Corrections ( 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1(d)(6) (West 2014) ). For the following reasons, we award mandamus .

¶ 2 BACKGROUND

¶ 3 On…