In re: Jaime P., a Minor

State: Illinois

Docket No: 101602 Rel

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

In re JAIME P., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jaime P., Appellant). Opinion filed December 21, 2006.

JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION On November 19, 1999, at age 17, respondent, Jaime P., was adjudicated delinquent based upon her admission of guilt to the offense of aggravated arson, a Class X felony, and was sentenced to, inter alia, five years' probation. On October 27, 2003, several weeks after her twenty-first birthday, respondent petitioned the juvenile division of the circuit court of Kane County to terminate her probation on the ground that the jurisdiction of the juvenile court expired when she attained the age of 21. The juvenile court held that respondent's probation did not automatically terminate. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed, finding that the plain language of section 5

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