People v. J. W.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is taken by J. W., the minor respondent, from an order of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County revoking his probation and committing him to the Department of Corrections. J. W. had previously been adjudicated a delinquent and placed on probation as a ward of the court.

In this appeal, he contends the finding that he violated his probation and the order committing him to the Department of Corrections must be vacated, on the premise that the original order placing him on probation was void because it was for an…