People v. McCracken

On pleas of guilty in the Circuit Court of Monroe County defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for terms of not less than one year nor more than ten years on each of two informations charging burglary, said sentences to run concurrently. In this appeal he objects to the sufficiency of the court’s admonition relative to the maximum penalty that could be imposed as a consequence of his pleas.

The court informed defendant that he could be sentenced “to an indeterminate term in the Illinois State Penitentiary for not less than one year and not more than an indeterminate number of years”, and…