People v. T. D. W.

This appeal presents a narrow question, but one which has not yet been answered in this State: whether a trial court, after having ordered a fitness hearing for a juvenile, may afterwards proceed to an adjudicatory hearing without ruling on the juvenile’s fitness to stand trial. We hold that it cannot and reverse.

The sequence of events in the circuit court of Macon County, briefly stated in chronological order, is as follows:

October 20, 1981: delinquency (burglary) petition filed.

November 18, 1981: initial appearance and request for counsel.

November 30, 1981: supplemental petition (additional…