PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 99756.

850 N.E.2d 134 (2006)

221 Ill.2d 157

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Michael TAYLOR, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and James E. Fitzgerald, Michelle Katz, Sang Won Shim, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Vicki P. Kouros, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for appellee.


Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

This appeal presents the question of whether a minor who has been adjudicated delinquent in proceedings conducted under article V of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (hereinafter, the Juvenile Court Act or Act) (705 ILCS 405/5-101 et seq. (West 1998)) is considered a "person convicted of a felony" for purposes of the offense of escape as set forth in section 31-6(a) of the Criminal Code of...

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