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In re S.M.

Case Date: 03/31/2004
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-01-2462 Rel

FIFTH DIVISION
March 31, 2004


No. 1-01-2462

  

In re: S.M., a Minor
(The People of the State of Illinois,

     Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

S.M., a Minor,

     Respondent-Appellant).

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Cook County.


No. 00 JD 6967

Honorable
LaBrenda White,
Judge Presiding.

JUSTICE O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, S.M., appeals the finding of delinquencybased on his unlawful possession of a firearm. Respondentcontends: (1) the unlawful possession of firearms statuteviolates the proportionate penalties clause of the IllinoisConstitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I,