People v. J.W.

The minor respondent, J.W., was found delinquent based on having committed an armed robbery. He was then adjudicated a habitual offender pursuant to section 5 — 12 of the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 37, par. 705 — 12) and was committed to the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division, until his 21st birthday.

On appeal J.W. contends that his adjudication as a habitual juvenile offender must be vacated because one of two prior findings of delinquency, which formed the basis of this adjudication, was made without respondent’s being properly advised of his constitutional…