People v. T. H.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Montgomery County finding him to be delinquent and ordering that he be made a ward of the court. The dispositional hearing was stayed pending the outcome of this appeal.

On May 27, 1977,1 a petition for an adjudication of wardship was filed against the respondent. The incident giving rise to the petition occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1977, when respondent struck another student, T.M., at Hillsboro High School. At the delinquency hearing it was…