IN RE S.L.C.

No. 78-1019.

75 Ill. App.3d 473 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 687

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed August 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Steven Clark, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Pamela L. Gray, and Thomas Bucaro, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Based upon a finding by the juvenile court that he had committed voluntary manslaughter, respondent was adjudicated a delinquent and committed to the Department of Corrections. The sole issue presented for review is whether the prosecutor's cross-examination of respondent improperly elicited evidence of his pretrial silence.

It appears that on a March evening, respondent...

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