People v. McChriston

This case presents question as to whether trial court properly dismissed defendant’s pro se section 2-1401 petition alleging that his 25-year sentence for unlawful delivery of controlled substance should be reduced by three years, where defendant claimed that Dept. of Corrections impermissibly added three-year mandatory supervised release term to his sentence under circumstances where sentencing court made no mention that defendant would be required to serve term of mandatory supervised release and did not mention any mandatory supervised release term in court’s written sentencing order. Appellate Court, in affirming trial court, found that defendant’s three-year mandatory supervised release term attached by operation of law and not by any action taken by Dept. of Corrections.