People v. T.M.

T.M., the minor respondent, was charged by a petition to revoke probation, stating that he was a delinquent minor (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 805 — 3) and had committed criminal damage to property under $300 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 21 — 1(a)). Following a joint trial with D.C., minor corespondent, T.M. was found guilty and, after a dispositional hearing, committed to the Department of Corrections (DOC).

Defendant raises two issues on appeal: (1) his appointed attorney had a conflict of interest which denied him a fair trial, and (2) his sentence to the DOC was an abuse of…