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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 8-2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-2)
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7 | Sec. 8-2. Conspiracy. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Elements of the
the offense.
A person commits the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | offense of conspiracy when, with intent that an offense be
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10 | committed, he or she agrees with another to the commission of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | that offense. No
person may be convicted of conspiracy to | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | commit an offense unless an act in
furtherance of that | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | agreement is alleged and proved to have been committed
by him | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | or her or by a co-conspirator. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (b) Co-conspirators. It is not a defense to conspiracy that | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the person or persons with
whom the accused is alleged to have | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | conspired:
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18 | (1) have not been prosecuted or convicted,
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19 | (2) have been convicted of a different offense,
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20 | (3) are not amenable to justice,
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21 | (4) have been acquitted, or
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22 | (5) lacked the capacity to commit an offense.
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23 | (c) Sentence.
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1 | (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or | ||||||
2 | Code, a person convicted of conspiracy to commit: | ||||||
3 | (A) a Class X felony shall be sentenced for a Class | ||||||
4 | 1 felony; | ||||||
5 | (B) a Class 1 felony shall be sentenced for a Class | ||||||
6 | 2 felony; | ||||||
7 | (C) a Class 2 felony shall be sentenced for a Class | ||||||
8 | 3 felony; | ||||||
9 | (D) a Class 3 felony shall be sentenced for a Class | ||||||
10 | 4 felony; | ||||||
11 | (E) a Class 4 felony shall be sentenced for a Class | ||||||
12 | 4 felony; and | ||||||
13 | (F) a misdemeanor may be fined or imprisoned or | ||||||
14 | both not to exceed the maximum provided for the offense | ||||||
15 | that is the object of the conspiracy. | ||||||
16 | (2) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit any of | ||||||
17 | the following offenses shall be sentenced for a Class X | ||||||
18 | felony: | ||||||
19 | (A) aggravated insurance fraud conspiracy when the | ||||||
20 | person is an organizer of the conspiracy (720 ILCS | ||||||
21 | 5/46-4); or | ||||||
22 | (B) aggravated governmental entity insurance fraud | ||||||
23 | conspiracy when the person is an organizer of the | ||||||
24 | conspiracy (720 ILCS 5/46-4). | ||||||
25 | (3) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit any of | ||||||
26 | the following offenses shall be sentenced for a Class 1 |
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1 | felony: | ||||||
2 | (A) first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1); or | ||||||
3 | (B) aggravated insurance fraud (720 ILCS 5/46-3) | ||||||
4 | or aggravated governmental insurance fraud (720 ILCS | ||||||
5 | 5/46-3). | ||||||
6 | (4) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit | ||||||
7 | insurance fraud (720 ILCS 5/46-3) or governmental entity | ||||||
8 | insurance fraud (720 ILCS 5/46-3) shall be sentenced for a | ||||||
9 | Class 2 felony. | ||||||
10 | (5) A person convicted of conspiracy to commit any of | ||||||
11 | the following offenses shall be sentenced for a Class 3 | ||||||
12 | felony: | ||||||
13 | (A) soliciting for a prostitute (720 ILCS | ||||||
14 | 5/11-14.3(a)(1)); | ||||||
15 | (B) pandering (720 ILCS 5/11-14.3(a)(2)(A) or | ||||||
16 | 5/11-14.3(a)(2)(B)); | ||||||
17 | (C) keeping a place of prostitution (720 ILCS | ||||||
18 | 5/11-14.3(a)(1)); | ||||||
19 | (D) pimping (720 ILCS 5/11-14.3(a)(2)(C)); | ||||||
20 | (E) unlawful use of weapons under Section | ||||||
21 | 24-1(a)(1) (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(1)); | ||||||
22 | (F) unlawful use of weapons under Section | ||||||
23 | 24-1(a)(7) (720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(7)); | ||||||
24 | (G) gambling (720 ILCS 5/28-1); | ||||||
25 | (H) keeping a gambling place (720 ILCS 5/28-3); | ||||||
26 | (I) registration of federal gambling stamps |
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1 | violation (720 ILCS 5/28-4); | ||||||
2 | (J) look-alike substances violation (720 ILCS | ||||||
3 | 570/404); | ||||||
4 | (K) miscellaneous controlled substance violation | ||||||
5 | under Section 406(b) (720 ILCS 570/406(b)); or | ||||||
6 | (L) an inchoate offense related to any of the | ||||||
7 | principal offenses set forth in this item (5).
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8 | (Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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