People v. Salyer

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by a minor, Ricky Salyer, from a proceeding in the Circuit Court of Kankakee County, on a petition for delinquency, as a result of which defendant was made a ward of the court and ordered committed to the Department of Corrections. On appeal in this court, the sole issue raised by the minor is whether the trial court erroneously ruled that respondent’s mother validly consented to a search of the bedroom used by the minor in the home owned by the mother.

On September 5, 1975, a petition for delinquency was filed in…