People v. Jones

Defendant was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to extended-term sentence of 24 years based on prior juvenile adjudication of delinquency referenced in presentence investigative report (PSI). A prior juvenile adjudication of delinquency falls within Apprendi's prior-conviction exception and the exception in Section 111-3(c-5) of Criminal Code. For purposes of extended-term sentencing, juvenile adjudication is the equivalent of a prior conviction. Defendant's PSI conclusively established he had been adjudicated delinquent of residential burglary.(THOMAS, KARMEIER, and THEIS, concurring; BURKE, GARMAN, and KILBRIDE, dissenting.)