People v. Ernie C.

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• noting that review of a trial court’s findings of fact under section 2-27 is subject to manifest weight of the evidence standard (citing In re T.B., 215 Ill. App. 3d 1059, 1062 (1991))
• a reviewing court will reverse a trial court's dispositional findings when they are against the manifest weight of the evidence or the trial court abused its discretion in fashioning an improper dispositional order
• error in excluding evidence is harmless if there has been no prejudice
• error in excluding evidence is harmless if there has been no prejudice
• “Because a trial court is in a superior position to assess the credibility of witnesses and weigh the evidence, a reviewing court will not overturn the trial court’s findings merely because the reviewing court may have reached a different decision.”

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