People v. Garcia

Victor Garcia, Roger Wallace, and Aaron O’Neal, defendants in these consolidated cases, were convicted of numerous crimes in the circuit court of Cook County for the gang rape of an 18-year-old female victim. In sentencing defendants, the trial judge failed to enter consecutive sentences on several convictions as required under section 5 — 8—4(a) of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/5 — 8—4(a) (West 1992)). The relevant portion of section 5 — 8—4(a) provides:

"The court shall not impose consecutive sentences for offenses which were committed as part of a single course of conduct…