IN RE GREENE

Nos. 50784, 50834, 50857, 51156.

76 Ill.2d 204 (1979)

390 N.E.2d 884

In re IRISH D. GREENE, a Minor, Appellee (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant). — In re EDWARD EICHER, a Minor, Appellee (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant). — In re MARVIN B. FRAZIER, a Minor, Appellant (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee). — In re GORDON DYESS, a Minor, Appellant (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee). — In re DARNELL MURFF, a Minor, Appellant (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee). — In re MICHAEL STRICKLAND, a Minor, Appellant (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Lee T. Hettinger, Linda Dale Woloshin, James V. Marcanti, Rimas F. Cernius, and Marcia B. Orr, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John Thomas Moran, Aaron L. Meyers, and James B. Haddad, of counsel), for appellee.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Lee T. Hettinger, Linda Dale Woloshin, James V. Marcanti, Rimas F. Cernius, and Marcia B. Orr, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John Thomas Moran, Aaron L. Meyers, and James B. Haddad, of counsel), for appellee.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Dennis E. Urban, Frances Sowa, and Ronald P. Alwin, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr and Rimas F. Cernius, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Dennis E. Urban and Aaron L. Meyers, of counsel), for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr and Rimas F. Cernius, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed. Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause is a consolidated appeal from four appellate court decisions reviewing the findings of delinquency entered by the circuit court of Cook County, juvenile division, against six respondents. The issue concerns the nature and effect of the age factor in the definition of delinquent minors contained in the Juvenile Court Act...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases