People v. Hawkins

Defendant pleaded guilty to burglary in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than six years. In this appeal he contends that the then-existing Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 37, sec. 702 — 7) denied him equal protection of the law and was unconstitutional in that it provided that 17-year-old boys could be prosecuted under the criminal laws but girls could not be until they were 18 years of age. He also contends that the admonitions of the trial court were insufficient to comply with Supreme Court Rule…