People v. Santana

The minor-respondent Wilfredo Santana, was adjudged delinquent based on a petition for an adjudication of wardship charging attempt burglary. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 8 — 4.) He was committed to the Department of Corrections. On appeal he contends the State did not prove that he was under 17 years of age at the time he committed the delinquent act.

Respondent was arrested by police as he stood on the enclosed back porch of a Chicago home; several windows had been broken including one that would allow entry into the kitchen. Respondent thereafter appeared before Judge Charles Leary…