In re L.F.

Respondent-minor L.F. was charged with committing the offense of residential burglary (111. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 19 — 3) in a delinquency petition. At the adjudicatory hearing, it was established that Eddie Torrance and a friend arrived at Torrance’s Rockford home after work on March 11, 1982, to find that the home had been broken into and that money, jewelry, and whiskey were missing. Torrance also found a hammer in the house which was given to the police and introduced into evidence.

Two Rockford policemen testified regarding their interviews with the minor and statements he gave to…