People v. Bole

The defendant, Frederick J. Bole, Jr., pleaded guilty in the circuit court of McHenry County to three counts of criminal sexual assault. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to consecutive terms of 10, 10, and 8 years’ imprisonment for the convictions. The appellate court vacated the sentences and remanded the cause for re-sentencing, concluding that the trial judge had erroneously believed that any prison terms imposed in this case must run consecutively. (223 Ill. App. 3d 247.) We allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal (see 134 Ill. 2d R 315(a)) and now affirm the judgment of…