In Re Yates

The respondent, Shirley Yates, then age 15, was found delinquent within the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 37, par. 702 — 2) and committed to the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division. The court’s declaration of delinquency was based upon a finding that on August 27, 1972, Shirley Yates committed the offense of murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(1).) Respondent contends on appeal that: (1) the court erred in1 excluding from the courtroom the respondent’s guardian, her sister Dorothy Yates, until she had testified as a witness under an…