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IN RE W.C.

No. 77177.

657 N.E.2d 908 (1995)

167 Ill.2d 307

212 Ill.Dec. 563

In re W.C., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. W.C., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan P. Eimer, Joseph D. Kearney, Robert R. Kimball, Kathleen M. Mulligan and J. Tyson Covey, Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Karen M. Berman and Maria Woltjen, of counsel), for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Attorney General, Springfield, and Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Chicago (Arleen C. Anderson and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Peter Fischer and Elizabeth A. Scholz, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Robert C. Drizin, Assistant Public Defender, Chicago, for amicus curiae Rita A. Fry, Cook County Public Defender.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Chicago, for amicus curiae Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 37, par. 801-1 et seq.), the State filed a delinquency petition in the circuit court of Cook County, alleging respondent, W.C., is accountable (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 5-2(c)) for the first degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2)) of Carey Long. Following an adjudicatory hearing, the circuit court found the...

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