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PEOPLE v. SALAS

No. 1-09-1880.

961 N.E.2d 831 (2011)

356 Ill. Dec. 442

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel SALAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier and Deborah Nall , both of State Appellate Defender's Office, Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , Janet C. Mahoney , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Children and Family Justice Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, of Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago ( Cathryn S. Crawford , Shobha L. Mahadev , of counsel), and National Juvenile Defender Center, Washington, D.C. ( Nadia Seeratan , of counsel, and Samuel Golberg, law graduate), amici curiae.

OPINION

Justice ROCHFORD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, Samuel Salas, appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and his sentence of 50 years' imprisonment. Defendant contends: (1) the automatic transfer provision of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (automatic transfer statute) (705 ILCS 405/5-130 (West 2008)), pursuant to which defendant was transferred to adult court, violates the due process clauses of the federal...

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