SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 8 -- The Illinois Courts Office issued the following opinion on April 10:
1. Held: Where the trial court erred in admonishing defendant regarding his rights at his probation revocation hearing, the court's judgment is vacated and the cause remanded for new admonishments and further revocation proceedings as necessary.
2. Pursuant to a 2016 negotiated guilty plea, defendant James Allen was convicted of burglary and sentenced to two years' probation. In 2022, the trial court found defendant in violation of probation and sentenced him to five years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that the court erred in admonishing him pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 402A (eff. Nov. 1, 2003) during the probation revocation...