In re Rufus T., a Minor 

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 2-09-0986
Decision Date: 
Thursday, May 12, 2011
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Winnebago Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
SCHOSTOK
(Court opinion corrected 6/24/11.) Respondent, then age 15, was adjudicated a juvenile delinquent in 1999 based on admission of attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault of a child under age 9, and was required to register as a sex offender. Court's duty to consider factors in Section 3-5(e) of Sex Offender Registration Act, in ruling on petition for removal from sex offender registry, is directory rather than mandatory. Court is not mandated to consider a risk assessment, and determination of whether a respondent has proven necessity for risk assessment is within court's discretion. (ZENOFF and BIRKETT, concurring.)