IN RE T.D.W.

No. 4-82-0116.

109 Ill. App.3d 852 (1982)

441 N.E.2d 155

In re T.D.W., a Minor. — (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. T.D.W., Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and James G. Woodward, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Basil G. Greanias, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Robert J. Biderman and Garry W. Bryan, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents a narrow question, but one which has not yet been answered in this State: whether a trial court, after having ordered a fitness hearing for a juvenile, may afterwards proceed to an adjudicatory hearing without ruling on the juvenile's fitness to stand trial. We hold that it cannot and reverse.

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