People v. K.S.

Respondent, K.S., a 12-year-old boy, was adjudicated delinquent based upon a finding that he had committed the offense of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12 — 16(c)(2)(i) (West 2006)). Specifically, the circuit court found that the State had proven K.S. guilty of knowingly inserting his penis into the mouth of VW, who was under nine years of age when the act was committed, for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification. K.S. was declared a ward of the court and sentenced to a term of five years’ probation with electronic monitoring and juvenile sex offender treatment. The…