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IN RE STALEY

No. 48847.

67 Ill.2d 33 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 72

In re DERWIN STALEY, a Minor. — (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Derwin Staley, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Frank X. Yackley, State's Attorney, of Ottawa (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong and Michael B. Weinstein, of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Appellate Assistance Service, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Mary Robinson, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

In April of 1975, the circuit court of La Salle County found the defendant, Derwin Staley, a 15-year-old youth, to be a minor in need of supervision and placed him in the La Salle County Detention Home. On May 2, 1975, a resident of the home attacked and severely beat a teacher. The defendant, by blocking their path, prevented a counselor and the superintendent of the home from coming...

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