SB0782 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 05940 RLC 25989 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0782

Introduced 2/4/2015, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/2-5

from Ch. 38, par. 2-5

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing Section 2-5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-5)

Sec. 2-5. "Conviction". "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a verdict or finding of guilty of an offense, rendered by a legally constituted jury or by a court of competent jurisdiction authorized to try the the case without a jury.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)