PEOPLE v. DONELSON

Docket No. 113603.

989 N.E.2d 1101 (2013)

2013 IL 113603

371 Ill. Dec. 173

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Charles DONELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and Jessica D. Pamon , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, and Charles Donelson, pro se, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz and Sheilah O'Grady-Krajniak , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In this appeal, we consider the proper remedy where the State and the defendant, parties to a fully negotiated plea agreement, are mutually mistaken as to the manner in which sentences of imprisonment must be served, but otherwise agree upon the maximum number of years to be served. Faced with this issue, the appellate court acknowledged that consecutive sentencing was statutorily...

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