OPINION
Presiding Justice GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
¶ 1 Omar M., the respondent, was prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced under the Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile Prosecutions (EJJ prosecution) statute (705 ILCS 405/5-810 (West 2008)), for first-degree murder. When a juvenile receives an EJJ prosecution designation and a jury finds him guilty, the EJJ prosecution statute then requires a judge to impose two sentences:...
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