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IN RE G.O.

No. 1-98-0956.

710 N.E.2d 140 (1999)

304 Ill. App.3d 719

237 Ill.Dec. 717

In the Interest of G.O., a minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner/Appellee, v. G.O., Respondent/Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 31, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig O. Donaldson, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, and Susan R. Schierl Sullivan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This case requires us to examine the way juveniles are treated by our judicial system when they are charged with serious offenses. G.O., a 13 year-old, was charged with first degree murder and tried in the Juvenile Court. The statute under which he was charged (705 ILCS 405/5-33(1.5) (West 1996)) does not provide for a jury trial. G.O., through his lawyer, asked for one anyway. His request was denied. He was found...

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