People v. Butler

Respondent, a juvenile, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court adjudging him delinquent and committing him to the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division. The only issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred in failing to inform him of the maximum period of detention to which he might be subjected before accepting his admission.

Respondent was charged in a delinquency petition with the offense of murder, unlawful use of weapons, illegal person harboring a firearm and involuntary manslaughter. Pursuant to a plea negotiation, he entered an admission to the offenses of…