People v. Medrano

Defendant alleged that his sentences are void, and that he must be allowed to withdraw his open guilty plea, because court did not advise him that sentences for aggravated criminal sexual assault must be served consecutively.Appellate court cannot determine whether Defendant's sentence is void under statute because trial judge's intent in sentencing him to 17 years cannot be determined with certainty on many issues, including which of the 16 charges were intended to merge, and whether he intended to sentence Defendant to consecutive 17-year sentences for all charges on which convicted or maximum consecutive sentence of 17 years.(NEVILLE, concurring; PUCINSKI, dissenting.)