People v. M.T.

Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, McMorrow, Fitzgerald, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

In this case, the minor respondent was adjudicated delinquent following a judicial determination that he had violated the indecent solicitation of an adult statute (statute or solicitation statute) (720 ILCS 5/11 — 6.5(a) (West 2000)). The appellate court held that the statute violated the proportionate penalties clause of our state constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, § 11) based on its use of cross-comparison analysis and found the entire statute…