Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Respondent, age 17 at time of adjudicatory hearing, was found delinquent after court found him guilty of criminal sexual abuse of an 8 year old girl when he was 11. Court sentenced him to 24 months probation and required him to register as a sex offender. Accepting victim's testimony as true, State failed to present evidence that Respondent's actions were motivated by anything other than preadolescent curiosity. No rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that Respondent acted wiht the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal.(O'BRIEN and WRIGHT, concurring.)