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People v. J.S.

Citations

  • 469 N.E.2d 1090
  • 103 Ill. 2d 395
  • 83 Ill. Dec. 156
  • 1984 Ill. LEXIS 342

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the automatic transfer statute did not deny the defendant due process or equal protection
  • finding that the automatic transfer statute did not deny the defendant due process or equal protection
  • recognizing legislature's ability to create statutory classifications among seventeen and eighteen-year-olds where rationally related to legitimate state interest
  • nowhere in the federal or in this state’s constitution is there found the right to be treated as a juvenile for jurisdictional purposes
  • the Juvenile Court Act was enacted to apply to those persons who have not yet attained the age of 17
  • the Juvenile Court Act was enacted to apply to those persons who have not yet attained the age of 17

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Judges: Clark

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