IN RE JOVAN A.

No. 1-10-3835.

6 N.E.3d 760 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 103835

379 Ill. Dec. 432

In re JOVAN A., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jovan A., a Minor, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

February 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , Michael G. Soukup , Peter Sgro , State Appellate Defender's Office, Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Amy M. Watroba , Anne L. Magats , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Following a bench trial, Jovan A. was adjudicated delinquent and sentenced to 18 months' probation. Respondent contends on appeal that the trial court improperly relied on hearsay, specifically, the content of a craigslist.org advertisement, to find that he committed theft.1 For the reasons that follow, we reverse respondent's conviction and remand...

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