People v. C.P.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Cook County found the minor respondent delinquent based on the offense of voluntary manslaughter. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9 — 2(b).) After a dispositional hearing, he was committed to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. On appeal, he contends that the trial court abused its discretion and denied him a fair trial when it refused to enforce defense counsel’s motion to exclude witnesses and that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was not acting in self-defense.