PEOPLE v. WOODRUFF

No. 54359.

88 Ill.2d 10 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 1120

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. KEVIN EUGENE WOODRUFF, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield and Basil G. Greanias, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Melbourne Noel, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Jeff Justice, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Charles M. Schiedel, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 25, 1979, a petition was filed in the circuit court of Macon County alleging that the defendant, Kevin Eugene Woodruff, age 15, is a delinquent minor. The petition alleged that the defendant committed the offenses of armed robbery, armed violence, and home invasion. On the same day, the State's Attorney filed a motion to have the defendant tried as an adult. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979...

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