People v. Curry

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant Lydell Curry, 14 years of age, was arrested upon charges of murder and burglary. His case was transferred for trial as an adult. Upon defendant’s plea of guilty to both charges he was given concurrent sentences of 5-15 years’ imprisonment for burglary and 14-20 years for murder. He appeals, claiming that his right to equal protection pf the law was abridged because the case of his codefendant, Alva Stiff, also a 14-year-old juvenile, was not similarly transferred for trial to the adult division of the court. He…