PEOPLE v. PATTERSON

No. 115102.

25 N.E.3d 526 (2014)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Ronald PATTERSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , Annette Collins and Douglas P. Harvath , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), and Hannah J. McKinney , law student, for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender, and Christopher Kopacz , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, and Molly McPartland and Brad Kaye , law students, for appellee.

Scott F. Main and Julie L. Biehl , of Chicago, for amicus curiae Children & Family Justice Center et al.

Joshua A. Tepfer , Molly Hall and Tara Thompson , of Chicago, and Molly Wyler , law student, for amicus curiae Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant was 15 years old when he was charged with three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. Pursuant to the Illinois automatic transfer statute (705 ILCS 405/5-130 (West 2008)), his case was...

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