People v. E.H.

On September 17, 1995, respondent’s gang confronted another gang at a baseball field near 17th Avenue and Bloomingdale in Mel-rose Park. Testimony at trial showed that soon after respondent’s group began throwing bottles at the other gang, respondent wielded a chrome automatic handgun and began shooting toward the other gang. Steven Finney suffered a gunshot wound to the head, which eventually caused his death.

Following a bench trial, respondent, E.H., a 15-year-old minor, was adjudicated delinquent for committing first-degree murder. From this finding, respondent appeals. We find that: (1)…