PEOPLE v. FORT

Docket No. 118966.

88 N.E.3d 718 (2017)

2017 IL 118966

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Cameron FORT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion February 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and Heidi Linn Lambros , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , Annette Collins , and Veronica Calderon Malavia , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Maya Szilak , of Chicago, for amici curiae Persons Concerned With the Fair Sentencing of Minors-The John Howard Association of Illinois et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether a minor who is tried in adult court under the "automatic transfer" provision of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Act) (705 ILCS 405/5-130 (West 2008)) but is later not convicted of the charges which brought him into adult...

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