People v. Gazelle

I write separately to address the issue presented for review: whether due process requires a trial court to admonish a probationer of the possibility of consecutive sentences prior to the probationer’s admitting facts contained in a petition to revoke probation. I disagree with the majority that this issue need not be addressed because defendant’s plea "added nothing” to the proceeding. (165 Ill. 2d at 95.) The fourteenth amendment provides: "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” (U.S. Const., amend. XIV.) The revocation of…