OPINION
FIDEL, Presiding Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether a trial court may impose a maximum aggravated sentence as a predetermined consequence of violating probation. We hold that the trial court abused its sentencing discretion by punishing defendant for his probationary breaches rather than his crime.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In May 1989 defendant pled guilty to knowingly possessing marijuana for sale, a class 4 felony...
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