Court adjudicated Respondent delinquent of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and ordered him to register under Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA). Respondent, then age 16, was found to have sexually abused 8-year old girl at her home. SORA and Sex Offender Community Notification Law are not unconstitutional when applied to adjudicated delinquent juveniles, given intent of SORA and Notification Law to protect the public, and given that they accord with purposes of Juvenile Court Act, including rehabilitation of minors, protecting public from juvenile crime, and holding juvenile offenders accountable.The SORA and Notification Law do not have a punitive intent and do not violated proportionate penalties clause. (REYES, concurring; GORDON, concurring in part and dissenting in part.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act