People v. Jacqueline M.

The majority holds that the provision contained in section 2 — 18(4)(c) of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (705 ILCS 405/2 — 18(4)(c) (West 2006)) requiring a minor’s statements to be corroborated and cross-examined is inapplicable to temporary custody proceedings. I believe that my colleagues have improperly reached this issue. It is my view that leave to appeal in this matter was improvidently granted, and that this appeal should be dismissed.

In order to fully grasp the error of the majority, focus must be directed to the procedural history of this case. At the close of the State’s case in…