In re Randall M.

              No. 2--06--0999 Filed: 7-5-07
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IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
SECOND DISTRICT
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In re RANDALL M., a Minor ) Appeal from the Circuit Court
) of Lake County.
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) Nos. 05--JD--264
) 06--JD--498
)
(The People of the State of Illinois, ) Honorable
Petitioner-Appellee, v. Randall M., ) Raymond D. Collins,
Respondent-Appellant). ) Judge, Presiding.
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PRESIDING JUSTICE GROMETER delivered the opinion of the court:
This appeal presents two issues involving section 5--410 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987
(Act) (705 ILCS 405/5--410 (West 2004)). The first issue is whether section 5--410 authorizes the
automatic transfer of a minor with pending delinquency matters from a juvenile detention facility
to an adult detention facility upon the minor's seventeenth birthday. The second issue is whether,
under section 5--410, a minor 17 years of age or older with pending delinquency matters may be
housed in the general population of a county jail.
On April 20, 2005, a petition for adjudication of wardship was filed in the circuit court of
Lake County, as case number 05--JD--264. The petition alleged that the minor, Randall M., born
on October 2, 1989, was delinquent in that he had committed the offense of domestic battery (720
ILCS 5/12--3.2(a)(2) (West 2004)). On May 18, 2005, Randall admitted to the offense and was