PEOPLE v. BAUM

Docket No. 4-12-0285.

979 N.E.2d 120 (2012)

2012 IL App (4th) 120285

365 Ill. Dec. 754

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mason S. BAUM, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

November 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Ahola , State's Attorney, of Decatur ( Patrick Delfino , Robert J. Biderman , and David E. Mannchen , all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Gary F. Geisler , of Geisler Law Offices, of Decatur, for appellee.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 In February 2012, the trial court granted defendant Mason S. Baum's motion to dismiss the State's criminal charges against him, finding that, because defendant was younger than 17 years old when the alleged crimes occurred, the State was required to initiate charges against him in a juvenile delinquency petition. The State appeals, arguing it should not have been precluded from...

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