People v. Smith

Respondent, Raymond Smith, appeals from an order committing him to the Department of Corrections entered after his dispositional hearing under the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 37, par. 705—1). On appeal, Smith presents two issues for review: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting the psychological report on Smith into evidence at the dispositional hearing, and (2) whether the judge exceeded his discretion in questioning Smith.

The record discloses that on March 28,1974, a petition was filed in the Juvenile Division of the circuit court of Winnebago County alleging that…