In Re Interest of Whittenburg

A petition for adjudication of wardship alleging delinquency was filed regarding Charles Whittenburg, a minor some 13 years of age (defendant). An adjudicatory hearing was held by the court without a jury. (See In re Presley, 47 Ill.2d 50, 55, 264 N.E.2d 177 and cases therein cited.) The court found the defendant delinquent and committed him to the Department of Corrections with provision that this be stayed pending this appeal.

In his appeal, the defendant raises three issues:

1. The evidence was insufficient to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt;

2. The petition was void for failure to…