People v. M.M.

After a hearing held September 10, 1990, respondent M.M., the minor in this case, was adjudicated a delinquent based upon the murder of six-month-old Rashonda Flowers and committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division.1 The public defender, M.M.’s legal counsel, appeals his adjudication, contending: (1) that the trial court erroneously found that M.M. knowingly and intelligently waived his so-called “Miranda rights” and thus failed to suppress statements M.M. made to the police; and (2) that M.M. was not proved guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt.

For reasons…