People v. Hershberger

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Notice of appeal in this case is from an order entered pursuant to section 2 — 7(5) of the Juvenile Court Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 37, par. 702 — 7(5)), which permits a minor, 13 years of age or older who is charged in a “petition” with the commission of a crime, to elect, with the consent of counsel, to be prosecuted as a criminal rather than under the Act. Here, the “petition” was not an original petition but one seeking supplemental relief. The trial court, deeming our decision in People v. Freeman (1982), 105 Ill. App.…