People v. A.P.

Respondent, A.P., a minor, appeals from an order adjudicating him guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm (720 ILCS 5/12— 4.2(a) (West 1992)). Respondent has been in detention since his arrest on June 6, 1994, when he was 15 years old.

Respondent was tried as an adult on two counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 1992)) and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm. The State dismissed two other charges against respondent after resting its case. On September 23, 1994, a jury returned verdicts acquitting defendant of the murder charges, but finding him…