People v. D.G.

Respondent, D.G., was found guilty of violating his probation (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 805 — 25) by committing the offense of theft. The trial court sentenced him to a five-day term in the juvenile detention center and a probationary term of 18 months. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, affirmed. (202 Ill. App. 3d 805.) We granted respondent’s petition for leave to appeal (134 Ill. 2d R. 315).

The issue in this case is whether the police had probable cause to arrest respondent. The facts of the case are not in dispute. On June 2, 1989, Officer Larry Layman of the…