In Re Greene

This cause is a consolidated appeal from four appellate court decisions reviewing the findings of delinquency entered by the circuit court of Cook County, juvenile division, against six respondents. The issue concerns the nature and effect of the age factor in the definition of delinquent minors contained in the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 37, par. 702 — 2). (Although the causes arose in 1974, 1975, and 1976, the 1977 statutes will generally be cited for unamended provisions.)

Pursuant to petitions for adjudication of wardship, filed by the State and alleging the respondents…