In the Interest of Jarquan B.

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (1st) 161180
Decision Date: 
Friday, September 30, 2016
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 2d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed as modified.
Justice: 
PIERCE

(Court opinion corrected 10/18/16.) Respondent was found in violation of his misdemeanor probation and was committed to Department of Juvenile Justice. Amendment to Juvenile Court Act, which states that a juvenile cannot be sentenced to DJJ for a midsdemeanor offense, was effective on 1/1/2016. When that section was amended thew legislature could have, but did not, amend Section 720(4) to prohibit commitment to DJJ for probation violation. Thus, court's order committing Respondent to DJJ was authorized. (MASON, concurring; HYMAN, dissenting in part.)