People v. D.P.

In February 1987, the circuit court of Adams County revoked the probation of the respondent minor D.P. based upon a supplemental petition and, after a dispositional hearing, ordered D.P. committed to the Department of Corrections (Department), Juvenile Division, for an indeterminate term. The respondent minor appeals, arguing (1) under the law in effect at the time of the offenses for which he was placed on probation, he could not be ordered to pay restitution on unrelated charges which were dismissed; and (2) the circuit court abused its discretion by rejecting the recommendations of the…