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  "id": 2714475,
  "name": "In re GERALD T. SMITH, a Minor; (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. GERALD T. SMITH, Respondent-Appellant.)",
  "name_abbreviation": "People v. Smith",
  "decision_date": "1976-04-15",
  "docket_number": "No. 59136",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "In re GERALD T. SMITH, a Minor.\u2014(THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. GERALD T. SMITH, Respondent-Appellant.)"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nOn April 17, 1973, respondent Gerald T. Smith was adjudged delinquent by the circuit court of Cook County, and the cause was continued for a social investigation and clinical report. Respondent appeals from the court\u2019s order of April 17. The record before us does not indicate that there was either an adjudication of wardship or any dispositional hearing on or before April 17.\nSection 4 \u2014 8 of the Juvenile Court Act contemplates a procedure in such cases whereby after a finding of delinquency, the court may or may not adjudge the minor a ward of the court. If there is an adjudication of wardship, the court may proceed to a dispositional hearing. This section also states: \u201cAn adjudication of wardship hereunder is a final judgment for purposes of appeal.\u201d Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 37, par. 704 \u2014 8.\nThe minor in the instant case is appealing from a finding of delinquency, not an adjudication of wardship. A finding of delinquency is not a final order for purposes of appeal.\nAccordingly, this appeal is dismissed for want of a final appealable order.\nAppeal dismissed.\nMEJDA, P. J., and DEMPSEY, J., concur.",
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        "author": "Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON"
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    "attorneys": [
      "James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Richard Khar as, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.",
      "Bernard Carey, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Raymond J. Prosser, and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "In re GERALD T. SMITH, a Minor.\u2014(THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. GERALD T. SMITH, Respondent-Appellant.)\nFirst District (3rd Division)\nNo. 59136\nOpinion filed April 15, 1976.\nJames J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Richard Khar as, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.\nBernard Carey, State\u2019s Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Raymond J. Prosser, and Kevin Sweeney, Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys, of counsel), for the People."
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