Conviction vacated and cause remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant was convicted of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 19-1) in a bench trial and was sentenced to probation for two years. He filed a motion to vacate the conviction on the grounds that he was 15 years old at the time of the offense and did not knowingly waive his rights under the Juvenile Court Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 37, par. 702-7.) The...
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