People v. T. D.

Respondent T. D., a minor, appeals from a dispositional order entered by the trial court committing him to the Department of Corrections after an adjudication of delinquency. He had been found to have committed two offenses of battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 12 — 3) and one offense of resisting a peace officer (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 31 — 1), and he does not here contest the validity of those findings. The sole question presented by this appeal is whether a juvenile found to have committed misdemeanor offenses is denied due process and equal protection of the laws by…