People v. Peevy

A petition for adjudication of wardship was filed on August 29, 1974, against the respondent minor, James Peevy. The petition charged that respondent had committed the offense of battery against his mother. On August 30, 1974, the Office of the Public Defender was appointed guardian ad litem at a detention hearing. On September 4, 1974, an adjudicatory hearing transpired wherein the respondent was found to be a delinquent on the basis of his admission that he had struck his mother. Respondent was committed to the Department of Corrections. The record does not reflect a separate adjudication…