People v. J.W.

Respondent, J.W, a 12-year-old boy, was adjudicated delinquent following his admission to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12 — 14(b) (i) (West 1998)), and was sentenced to a term of five years’ probation. Among the conditions of his probation, J.W. was ordered to register as a sex offender. In addition, J.W was prohibited from residing in or going to the Village of South Elgin, Illinois, the community where J.W lived and where the aggravated criminal sexual assaults took place.

J.W. appealed two of the conditions of his probation contending that: (1) requiring a…