People v. Vilces

Defendant, Michael S. Vilces, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Stephenson County revoking his probation on a burglary conviction and sentencing him to six years’ imprisonment. Defendant alleges that the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to six years’ imprisonment on the basis that the sentence was imposed as a penalty for the conduct constituting the probation violations rather than for the underlying burglary conviction. We affirm.

Defendant was originally charged with burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)) and attempted theft (Ill. Rev. Stat.…