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PEOPLE v. J.S.

Nos. 59319, 59320, 59556 cons.

103 Ill.2d 395 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 1090

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. J.S., a Minor, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. L.W., a Minor, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. T.F., a Minor, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard J. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Alison Edwards and David Eppenstein, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellees.

Eileen L. Furey, of Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Law Enforcement Study Group et al.

Howard H. Braverman, of Springfield, William G. Schwartz, of Hunter and Schwartz, of Carbondale, and Elizabeth Clarke, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.

William J. Stevens, of Foss, Schuman, Drake, Cohen & Bullard, of Chicago, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union.

Judgments reversed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

In each of the three cases consolidated in this appeal, the trial judge dismissed the respective indictment or information against the defendant on the grounds that the legislature could not constitutionally provide that 15- and 16-year-old defendants must be prosecuted in the adult criminal courts for the crimes of murder, rape, deviate sexual assault, and armed robbery with a firearm....

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