Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Respondent, a 17-year-old minor, was found guilty of criminal sexual abuse, after bench trial. Minor was adjudicated delinquent and sentenced to 18 months probation. Court denied minor's request for supervision. Court did not improperly consider minor's maintenance of innocence as an aggravating factor. Court's remarks at sentencing indicate that it considered minor's lack of contrition rather than a failure to plead guilty. Court stated repeatedly that it was basing minor's sentence on the evidence it heard at trial, which it found overwhelming and demonstrative of inexcusable conduct. (McBRIDE and REYES, concurring.)