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705 ILCS 405/5-801 (2026)

Legislative declaration

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(705 ILCS 405/5-801)
    Sec. 5-801. Legislative declaration. The General Assembly finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of serious crime is committed by a relatively small number of juvenile offenders. Part 8 of this Article addresses these juvenile offenders and, in all proceedings under Sections 5-805, 5-810, and 5-815, the community's right to be protected shall be the most important purpose of the proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2004–2022 · leading case: People v. Harris, 2022 IL App (1st) 192509 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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People v. Harris, 2022 IL App (1st) 192509 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “” 705 ILCS 405/5-801 (West 2016). ¶ 31 D. Mental Health ¶ 32 The finding primarily disputed by defendant on appeal is the juvenile court’s finding regarding his mental health history.”
People v. Destiny P. (In Re Destiny P.), 2017 IL 120796 (Ill. 2017). “The "legislative declaration" for the HJO and *157 VJO provisions states that, "[t]he General Assembly finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of serious crime is committed by a relatively small number of juvenile offenders.”
People v. Perea (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 3× “705 ILCS 405/5-801 (West 1998). The General Assembly specifically stated, "the community's right to be protected shall be the most important purpose of the proceedings.”
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