Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:
The State appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which dismissed the petition for adjudication of wardship filed against respondent, K.B., on grounds of double jeopardy. The State contends that the delinquency proceeding was not foreclosed by respondent's prior expulsion from school for the same conduct and that the court erred in dismissing the petition.
On March 5, 1997, 15-year-old K.B...
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