Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
(Court opinion corrected 1/13/15. Respondent minor, age 16 at time of offense, was convicted, after jury trial, of one count of robbery, and was sentenced as a habitual juvenile offender (based on two dispositions for burglary in two prior years) and sentenced to mandatory term of commitment to Department of Juvenile Justice until age 21. Based on Illinois Supreme Court precedent, mandatory sentencing provision of Juvenile Court Act does not violate eighth amendment or Illinois proportionate penalties clause. (PUCINSKI and LAVIN, concurring.)