In re: Rakim V., a Minor 

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 4-09-0360
Decision Date: 
Friday, March 26, 2010
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
Champaign Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed as modified; remanded with directions.
Justice: 
MYERSCOUGH
Respondent, age 16 at time of offense, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery for pushing his shoulder into chest of his high school assistant dean, and was sentenced to indeterminate sentence in Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice not to exceed 5 years or his 21st birthday, whichever came first. Respondent entitled to sentence credit for days taken into custody on offense for which sentence was imposed, and for days between oral pronouncement of sentence and arrival at DOJJ; but not for days in custody unrelated to offense for which sentenced.