People v. Sekeres

This is an appeal from an order of the Juvenile Division of the circuit court of Cook County committing the defendant, Elvira Sekeres, to the custody of the Department of Corrections. The presence of constitutional questions sustains this direct appeal. 43 Ill.2d R. 302.

On August 13, 1969, the defendant, who was then 15 years old, was adjudged to be a “minor in need of supervision”, as defined in section 2 — 3 of the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 37, par. 702 — 3), for frequently absenting herself from home, and she was placed on six months probation.

Later, pursuant to a…