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PEOPLE v. DeJESUS

No. 67641.

127 Ill.2d 486 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 800

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ANGEL DEJESUS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Kim M. DeWitt, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and William P. Pistorius, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment vacated; cause remanded.

JUSTICE CALVO delivered the opinion of the court:

Angel DeJesus was charged by indictment in the circuit court of Lake County with first degree murder and armed robbery. The charge alleged that the offenses were committed with a knife. Although defendant was only 16 years old when charged, proceedings were instituted in criminal court pursuant to the "automatic transfer" provisions of section 2-7(6)(a) of the Juvenile Court...

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