People v. Boclaire

Defendants, Vail Boclaire and Frank Morgan, minors, were charged in separate delinquency petitions for adjudication of wardship in the juvenile division of the circuit court of Cook County with murder and armed robbery. On two separate occasions, Judge McGury of the juvenile division expressed his objections to the State’s motion to transfer defendants to the adult criminal division. Despite Judge McGury’s rulings, the State sought and obtained indictments for murder and armed robbery. Judge Power, presiding judge of the criminal division, granted defendants’ motion to quash the indictments.…