People v. Petrenko

JUSTICE FREEMAN,

specially concurring:

I join fully in that section of today’s opinion which addresses the summary dismissal of defendant’s postconviction petition. Although I ultimately agree with the court’s resolution of the consecutive-sentencing issue, I do so for reasons other than those set forth in the court’s opinion.

In challenging his consecutive sentences, defendant relies on People v. Palmer, 218 Ill. 2d 148 (2006). Palmer holds that because the Habitual Criminal Act is a separate sentencing scheme from the Unified Code of Corrections, the Unified Code’s consecutive-sentencing…