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IN RE BURNS

No. 78-24.

67 Ill. App.3d 361 (1978)

385 N.E.2d 22

In re MYRA BURNS, a Minor. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MYRA BURNS, Respondent-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, James S. Veldman, and Joseph P. Quirk, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Aaron L. Meyers, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Order affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue is whether the juvenile court judge abused his discretion in deciding that the defendant Myra Burns, a minor, should remain under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and that prosecuting her under the criminal law for her alleged role in the armed robbery and murder of Abraham Abdallah in Chicago on May 27, 1977, would not be in the best interest of the minor defendant...

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