IN RE V.L.T.

No. 2-95-1582.

686 N.E.2d 49 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 728

226 Ill.Dec. 700

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

October 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Beth Katz (Court-appointed), Wheeling, for V.L.T.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Judith E. Koehler, Chicago, for the People.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, V.L.T., was adjudicated a delinquent minor after the trial court found she had committed involuntary manslaughter (720 ILCS 5/9—3(a)(West 1994)). She was made a ward of the court and sentenced to five years' probation. On appeal, respondent argues that the trial court erred in admitting her confession into evidence because the State did not prove the confession was voluntary. For the reasons that...

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