People v. Martin

The State’s Attorney of Christian County, on April 5, 1976, filed a “Petition for Adjudication of Wardship” in the circuit court of that county alleging 16-year-old Bradley Martin to be delinquent in that he had committed the criminal offense of reckless homicide. The State also sought to remove the proceeding from the Juvenile Court Act pursuant to section 2 — 7(3) thereof (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 37, par. 702—7(3)). That section provides that the judge assigned to juvenile matters may p’ermit prosecution on the criminal charge if he finds that it is not in the best interests of the minor…