Court adjudicated Respondent minor, age 17 at time of incidents, delinquent of 3 counts of robbery, and found he was a habitual juvenile offender and ordered him committed to Department of Juvenile Justice until age 21.No ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to seek suppression of statements he made to the police on basis of no waiver of Miranda rights. No reasonable probability exists that Respondent would have been found not guilty of robbery if his statements to detective had been suppressed. Juvenile Court Act sets forth no explicit admonishments that court must give a juvenile offender prior to waiving right to jury trial. Respondent was not entitled to receive any specific admonition as to penalties of an adjudication as a habitual juvenile offender before making an effective waiver. Record reflects that Respondent made a valid jury trial waiver. (DeARMOND and CAVANAGH, concurring.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Juvenile Sentencing