People v. Colter

'Mr. JUSTICE CARTER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of St. Clair County. The defendant was charged in two indictments with the offense of forgery. He pled guilty to each charge, and after his application for probation was denied, he was sentenced to serve two concurrent terms of 2 to 6 years in the penitentiary.

The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the court failed to comply with Supreme Court Rule 402(a)(2) because it failed to advise the defendant of the mandatory parole term that would attach to defendant’s sentence…