Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:
After a jury trial, defendant, Gary Eugene Shelton, was convicted of burglary (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 19-1). The presentence report prepared for defendant's sentencing hearing revealed that he had been convicted of burglary in both 1983 and 1984. At the sentencing hearing, the court asked the prosecutor about the applicability of section 5-5-3(c)(8) of the Unified Code of Corrections (Unified Code)
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