People v. Tucker

I concur with the majority in affirming the conviction of the defendant of the crimes as charged. As to the question of the propriety of the trial court’s procedure in sentencing the defendant to consecutive terms in the State penitentiary, I dissent.

At the sentencing hearing the court noted that consecutive sentences could not be imposed unless it was “# * "of the opinion that such terms were required to protect the public from further criminal conduct.” This is not an entirely correct statement of the law. Section 5 — 8—4(b) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38,…