People v. Taylor

On December 9, 1976, defendant, James Earl Taylor, was convicted in a bench trial of burglary, armed robbery and rape, and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 6 to 18 years for the two latter offenses. Defendant was 16 years old when the crimes were committed and 17 at the time of trial. On August 12, 1976, before defendant’s criminal trial, the circuit court of Winnebago County had held a transfer hearing pursuant to section 2 — 7(3) of the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 37, par. 702 — 7(3)) and at its conclusion had ordered that defendant be tried as an adult for the crimes…