People v. M.D.

In this case, the State appeals from the trial court’s denial, and the appellate court’s affirmance of the denial, of the State’s motion to permit prosecution of the minor respondent, M.D., as an adult under the criminal laws of Illinois instead of under the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 37, par. 701 et seq.). A divided appellate court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County (109 Ill. App. 3d 790), and we granted the State’s petition for leave to appeal (87 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)).

Section 2 — 7(3) of the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 37, par. 702 —…