People v. Dorsey 

Defendant pled guilty to unlawful possession of controlled substance with intent to deliver in exchange for State's agreement to cap its sentencing recommendation at 20 years and to not mention pending felony case. Court informed Defendant, prior to accepting his plea, that if he were sentenced as a Class X offender, and if sentenced to imprisonment he would have 3 years MSR; court did not mention MSR again. Court sentenced Defendant to 18 years. MSR term must be explicitly linked to the agreed-upon sentence to adequately admonish a defendant that an MSR term will be added to his or her sentence. Court sufficiently admonished Defendant of MSR when setting forth the minimum and maximum penalties for his charge, and thus linked the MSR to the maximum penalties. (KNECHT and APPLETON, concurring.)