People v. J.B.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARRISON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following an adjudicatory hearing in the circuit court of Christian County, respondent J.B. was adjudged delinquent and made a ward of the court for having committed the offenses of felony murder and burglary. After a subsequent dispositional hearing, the court vacated its finding of delinquency based on felony murder, and committed respondent to the juvenile division of the Department of Corrections based upon the finding as to burglary. Respondent appeals, arguing that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at the…