People v. Griffith

The defendant, while on parole for a prior offense, was charged with four counts of forgery. After plea negotiations he entered a plea of guilty to all four counts. Before accepting the plea, the trial court admonished the defendant of the possible penalties as set forth in the Code of Corrections. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 1001 — 1—1 et seq.) The court in its admonition did not expressly cover the possibility of concurrent or consecutive sentences for. the four charges then pending, nor was there an express admonition that the sentences to be received on those charges could be…