PEOPLE v. DOUGLAS

No. 72-279.

22 Ill. App.3d 177 (1974)

317 N.E.2d 281

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT DOUGLAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied October 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Farrell, Deputy Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant pled guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to serve a minimum of five and a maximum of fifteen years in the penitentiary. The defendant was 17 years old at the time of the alleged offense on January 21, 1972.

The sole issue is the constitutionality of the then-existing Juvenile Court Act which provided that, with certain exceptions, no boy under 17 years...

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