Shannon v. Shannon

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order revoking respondent’s probation and committing him to the Department of Corrections. He contends that the commitment was improper because he had not been adjudged a ward of the court.

On November 7, 1974, respondent, then 16 years of age, was brought before the court on a petition for adjudication of wardship, which alleged that he had committed a burglary. He entered an admission to the charge and, thereafter, was found delinquent and placed on two years probation.

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