Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Juvenile Sentencing
Juvenile Court Act requires court to hear and consider evidence concerning services available to minors committed to Department of Juvenile Justice (DOJJ) and the minor's particular needs before committing a minor to DOJJ. A rational trier of fact could find that, when minor (then age 17) said, "you remember me" while pulling out a gun, the person who was bicycling by 2 young men who were arguing, reasonably feared that the minor would shoot him. Thus, conviction for aggravated assault is affirmed. Conviction for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (AUUW) is affirmed, but conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm (UPF) is vacated, under one-act, one-crime rule. (PIERCE and HYMAN, concurring.)