People v. White

The defendant, Andrew R. White, pled guilty to two counts of forgery (720 ILCS 5/17 — 3(a)(2) (West 2002)) and was sentenced to five years of imprisonment. He later filed a pro se motion for an order nunc pro tunc in which he contended that he was entitled to additional credit for his presentence incarceration (730 ILCS 5/5 — 8—7(b) (West 2002)). The trial court denied the motion. We grant defendant’s request for additional credit.

FACTS

On September 16, 2003, the State filed an indictment charging the defendant with one count of theft and two counts of forgery. In the indictment, the State…