In re J.N.

The appeal involved here is from an order imposing a term of supervision upon J.N., a minor, after he was found guilty of criminal damage to property. The appellate court, in a Rule 23 order (73 Ill. 2d R. 23), dismissed the minor’s appeal (89 Ill. App. 3d 1204), saying that it lacked jurisdiction. The court considered that the order placing J.N. on supervision was not a final judgment within the meaning of our constitution’s provision granting a right of appeal only from final judgments of circuit courts (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, sec. 6). We allowed the minor’s petition for leave to…