People v. D.B.

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court denying the State’s petition to permit the prosecution of respondent D.B., a 14-year-old minor, for the offenses of murder, home invasion and residential burglary. This appeal presents two issues for our review: (1) whether the trial judge abused his discretion as delimited by sections 5—4 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 805 —4(3)(a)) when he declined to permit respondent to be tried as an adult offender; and (2) whether he precluded a meaningful review of his decision by failing to preserve his…