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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 8-4 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-4)
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7 | Sec. 8-4. Attempt.
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8 | (a) Elements of the offense.
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9 | A person commits the offense of attempt when, with intent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | to commit a specific
offense, he or she does any act that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | constitutes a substantial step toward the
commission of that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | offense.
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13 | (b) Impossibility.
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14 | It is not a defense to a charge of attempt that because of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | a
misapprehension of the circumstances it would have been | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | impossible for
the accused to commit the offense attempted.
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17 | (c) Sentence.
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18 | A person convicted of attempt may be fined or imprisoned or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | both
not to exceed the maximum provided for the offense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | attempted but, except
for an attempt to commit the offense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | defined in Section 33A-2 of this Code:
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22 | (1) the sentence for attempt to commit first degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | murder is the
sentence for a Class X felony, except that
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1 | (A) an attempt to commit first
degree murder when | ||||||
2 | at least one of the aggravating factors specified in
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3 | paragraphs (1), (2), and (12) of subsection (b) of | ||||||
4 | Section 9-1 is present is
a Class X felony for which | ||||||
5 | the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of
not | ||||||
6 | less than 20 years and not more than 80 years;
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7 | (B) an attempt to commit first degree murder while | ||||||
8 | armed with a
firearm is a Class X felony for which 15 | ||||||
9 | years shall be added to the term of
imprisonment | ||||||
10 | imposed by the court;
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11 | (C) an attempt to commit first degree murder during | ||||||
12 | which the person
personally discharged a firearm is a | ||||||
13 | Class X felony for which 20 years
shall be added to the | ||||||
14 | term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
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15 | (D) an attempt to commit first degree murder during | ||||||
16 | which the person
personally discharged a firearm that | ||||||
17 | proximately caused great bodily harm,
permanent | ||||||
18 | disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to
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19 | another person is a Class X felony for which 25 years | ||||||
20 | or up to a term of
natural life shall be added to the | ||||||
21 | term of imprisonment imposed by the court; and
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22 | (E) if the defendant proves by a preponderance of | ||||||
23 | the evidence at sentencing that, at the time of the | ||||||
24 | attempted murder, he or she was acting under a sudden | ||||||
25 | and intense passion resulting from serious provocation | ||||||
26 | by the individual whom the defendant endeavored to |
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1 | kill, or another, and, had the individual the defendant | ||||||
2 | endeavored to kill died, the defendant would have | ||||||
3 | negligently or accidentally caused that death, then | ||||||
4 | the sentence for the attempted murder is the sentence | ||||||
5 | for a Class 1 felony;
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6 | (2) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class X felony | ||||||
7 | is the sentence
for a Class 1 felony;
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8 | (3) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 1 felony | ||||||
9 | is the sentence
for a Class 2 felony;
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10 | (4) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 2 felony | ||||||
11 | is the sentence
for a Class 3 felony; and
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12 | (5) the sentence for attempt to commit any felony other | ||||||
13 | than those
specified in items (1), (2), (3), and (4) of | ||||||
14 | this subsection (c) is
the sentence for a Class A | ||||||
15 | misdemeanor ; .
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16 | (6) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class A | ||||||
17 | misdemeanor is the sentence for a Class B misdemeanor; | ||||||
18 | (7) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class B | ||||||
19 | misdemeanor is the sentence for a Class C misdemeanor; and | ||||||
20 | (8) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class C | ||||||
21 | misdemeanor is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)
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