In re Vincent K.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Juvenile Court Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2013 IL App (1st) 112915
Decision Date: 
Thursday, December 12, 2013
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 4th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
FITZGERALD SMITH
(Court opinion corrected 2/4/14.) Post-Conviction Hearing Act does not apply to juveniles. Respondent, convicted of first-degree murder in a juvenile court proceeding (designated extended juvenile jurisdiction) for stabbing death of fellow 8th-grade student in altercation after, has no access to remedy of Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (HOWSE and LAVIN, concurring.)