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90_HB3728

      705 ILCS 405/5-4          from Ch. 37, par. 805-4
      705 ILCS 405/5-805
          Amends the Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987.   Permits  the
      State's  Attorney  to  file a motion to permit adult criminal
      prosecution of a minor at least 15 years of age charged  with
      unlawful  use of weapons or delivery of controlled substances
      and if the juvenile court  judge  determines  that  there  is
      probable  cause  to  believe the allegations, then there is a
      rebuttable presumption that the  minor  should  be  tried  in
      criminal court.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to juveniles.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended, if
 5    and only if Senate Bill 363 of the 90th General Assembly does
 6    not become law, by changing Section 5-4 as follows:
 7        (705 ILCS 405/5-4) (from Ch. 37, par. 805-4)
 8        Sec. 5-4. Criminal prosecutions limited.
 9        (1)  Except as provided in this Section, no minor who was
10    under 17 years of age at the time of the alleged offense  may
11    be  prosecuted  under  the criminal laws of this State or for
12    violation of an ordinance of  any  political  subdivision  of
13    this State.
14        (2)  Subject to subsection (5) of Section 5-10, any minor
15    alleged to have committed a traffic, boating or fish and game
16    law  violation, whether or not the violation is punishable by
17    imprisonment or an offense punishable by fine  only,  may  be
18    prosecuted  for  the  violation  and if found guilty punished
19    under any statute or ordinance  relating  to  the  violation,
20    without  reference  to  the  procedures  set out in this Act,
21    except that detention, if any, must  be  in  compliance  with
22    this Act.
23        For  the  purpose  of  this  Section, "traffic violation"
24    shall include a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code
25    of 1961 relating to the  offense  of  reckless  homicide,  or
26    Section  11-501  of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or any similar
27    provision of a local ordinance.
28        (3) (a)  If a petition alleges commission by a  minor  13
29        years  of  age or over of an act that constitutes a crime
30        under the laws of  this  State  and,  on  motion  of  the
31        State's  Attorney,  a  Juvenile  Judge  designated by the
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 1        Chief Judge of the Circuit to hear  and  determine  those
 2        motions,  after  investigation  and  hearing  but  before
 3        commencement  of  the adjudicatory hearing, finds that it
 4        is not in the best interests  of  the  minor  or  of  the
 5        public  to proceed under this Act, the court may enter an
 6        order permitting prosecution under the criminal laws.
 7             (b)  In making its  determination  on  a  motion  to
 8        permit  prosecution  under  the  criminal laws, the court
 9        shall consider among other matters: (i) whether there  is
10        sufficient  evidence  upon  which  a  grand  jury  may be
11        expected to return an indictment; (ii) whether  there  is
12        evidence  that  the  alleged  offense was committed in an
13        aggressive and premeditated manner; (iii) the age of  the
14        minor;  (iv)  the  previous  history  of  the  minor; (v)
15        whether there are facilities  particularly  available  to
16        the  Juvenile  Court for the treatment and rehabilitation
17        of the minor; (vi) whether the best interest of the minor
18        and the security of the public may require that the minor
19        continue in custody or under  supervision  for  a  period
20        extending  beyond  his  minority; (vii) whether the minor
21        possessed a deadly weapon  when  committing  the  alleged
22        offense;  and  (viii)  whether  the  alleged offense is a
23        felony offense under Section 5 of  the  Cannabis  Control
24        Act  committed  while in a school, regardless of the time
25        of day or the time of  year,  or  any  conveyance  owned,
26        leased or contracted by a school to transport students to
27        or  from school or a school related activity, on the real
28        property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
29        day or the time of year, or on a public way within  1,000
30        feet   of   the  real  property  comprising  any  school,
31        regardless of the time  of  day  or  the  time  of  year.
32        School  is  defined, for the purposes of this Section, as
33        any public or private  elementary  or  secondary  school,
34        community  college, college, or university.  The rules of
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 1        evidence shall be the same as under Section 5-22 of  this
 2        Act, but no hearing on the motion may be commenced unless
 3        the minor is represented in court by counsel.
 4             (c)  If  criminal  proceedings  are  instituted, the
 5        petition shall be dismissed insofar as the  act  or  acts
 6        involved  in  the  criminal  proceedings  are  concerned.
 7        Taking of evidence in an adjudicatory hearing in any such
 8        case  is  a  bar  to  criminal proceedings based upon the
 9        conduct alleged in the petition.
10        (3.1)  If a petition alleges commission  by  a  minor  15
11    years  of  age or older of an act that constitutes a forcible
12    felony under the laws of this State, and if a motion  by  the
13    State's  Attorney  to  prosecute the minor under the criminal
14    laws of Illinois for the alleged forcible felony alleges that
15    (i) the minor has previously been adjudicated delinquent  for
16    commission of an act that constitutes a felony under the laws
17    of  this  State  or  any  other  state  and (ii) the act that
18    constitutes the  offense  was  committed  in  furtherance  of
19    criminal  activity  by  an organized gang, the Juvenile Judge
20    designated to hear and determine those  motions  shall,  upon
21    determining   that   there   is   probable  cause  that  both
22    allegations are true, enter an order  permitting  prosecution
23    under the criminal laws of Illinois.
24        (3.2)  If  a  petition  alleges  commission by a minor 15
25    years of age or older of an act  that  constitutes  a  felony
26    under  the  laws  of this State, and if a motion by a State's
27    Attorney to prosecute the minor under the  criminal  laws  of
28    Illinois  for  the  alleged felony alleges that (i) the minor
29    has previously been adjudicated delinquent for commission  of
30    an  act  that constitutes a forcible felony under the laws of
31    this  State  or  any  other  state  and  (ii)  the  act  that
32    constitutes the  offense  was  committed  in  furtherance  of
33    criminal  activities by an organized gang, the Juvenile Judge
34    designated to hear and determine those  motions  shall,  upon
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 1    determining   that   there   is   probable  cause  that  both
 2    allegations are true, enter an order  permitting  prosecution
 3    under the criminal laws of Illinois.
 4        (3.3) (a)  If  the  State's Attorney files a motion under
 5    subsection (3)(a) to permit prosecution  under  the  criminal
 6    laws  and  the  petition alleges the commission by a minor 15
 7    years of age or older of:  (i)  a Class X felony  other  than
 8    armed  violence;    (ii)   aggravated discharge of a firearm;
 9    (iii)  armed violence  with  a  firearm  when  the  predicate
10    offense  is  a  Class  1  or  Class  2 felony and the State's
11    Attorney's motion to  transfer  the  case  alleges  that  the
12    offense   committed   is   in  furtherance  of  the  criminal
13    activities of an organized gang and the case is not  required
14    to  be  prosecuted  under  the  criminal  laws of Illinois as
15    provided by subsection (3.1) or (3.2);  (iv)  armed  violence
16    with  a  firearm when the predicate offense is a violation of
17    Section 401, subsection (a)  of  Section  402,  Section  404,
18    Section  405, Section 405.1, subsection (a) of Section 405.2,
19    Section 407, Section 407.1, or Section 407.2 of the  Illinois
20    Controlled  Substances  Act;  or (v)  armed violence when the
21    weapon involved was a machine gun or other  weapon  described
22    in  subsection (a)(7) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of
23    1961; (vi) unlawful use of weapons under Section 24-1 of  the
24    Criminal Code of 1961; or (vii) a violation of Section 401 of
25    the  Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and, if the juvenile
26    judge designated to hear and determine motions to transfer  a
27    case  for  prosecution  in the criminal court determines that
28    there is probable cause to believe that  the  allegations  in
29    the  petition  and  motion  are  true,  there is a rebuttable
30    presumption that the minor is not a fit and proper subject to
31    be dealt with under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and that,
32    except as provided in  paragraph  (b),  the  case  should  be
33    transferred to the criminal court.
34        (b)  The   judge   shall   enter   an   order  permitting
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 1    prosecution under the criminal laws of  Illinois  unless  the
 2    judge  makes a finding based on evidence that the minor would
 3    be amenable to the care,  treatment,  and  training  programs
 4    available  through the facilities of the juvenile court based
 5    on an evaluation of the following:
 6                  (i)  The  circumstances  and  gravity  of   the
 7             offense alleged to have been committed by the minor.
 8                  (ii)  The age of the minor.
 9                  (iii)  The  degree  of  criminal sophistication
10             exhibited by the minor.
11                  (iv)  Whether there is a reasonable  likelihood
12             that  the  minor  can  be  rehabilitated  before the
13             expiration of the juvenile court's jurisdiction.
14                  (v)  The   minor's    previous    history    of
15             delinquency.
16                  (vi)  Whether  the  offense was committed in an
17             aggressive, premeditated or calculated manner.
18                  (vii)  Whether there are sufficient  facilities
19             available  to  the  juvenile court for the treatment
20             and rehabilitation of the minor.
21        For purposes  of  subsections  (3.1),  (3.2),  and  (3.3)
22    "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10
23    of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
24        (4)  Nothing   in   this  Act  prohibits  or  limits  the
25    prosecution of any minor for an offense committed on or after
26    his or her 17th birthday even though he or she is at the time
27    of the offense a ward of the court.
28        (5)  If an original petition for adjudication of wardship
29    alleges the commission by a minor 13 years of age or over  of
30    an act that constitutes a crime under the laws of this State,
31    the  minor,  with  the consent of his or her counsel, may, at
32    any time before commencement  of  the  adjudicatory  hearing,
33    file  with  the  court  a motion that criminal prosecution be
34    ordered and that the petition be dismissed insofar as the act
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 1    or acts involved in the criminal proceedings  are  concerned.
 2    If such a motion is filed as herein provided, the court shall
 3    enter its order accordingly.
 4        (6) (a)  The definition of delinquent minor under Section
 5        5-3  of  this Act shall not apply to any minor who at the
 6        time of an offense was at least 15 years of age  and  who
 7        is  charged with first degree murder, aggravated criminal
 8        sexual assault, armed robbery when the armed robbery  was
 9        committed  with a firearm, aggravated vehicular hijacking
10        when the hijacking  was  committed  with  a  firearm,  or
11        violation  of  the provisions of paragraph (1), (3), (4),
12        or (10) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal
13        Code of 1961 while in the building or on the  grounds  of
14        any  elementary  or  secondary school, community college,
15        college or  university.   These  charges  and  all  other
16        charges  arising  out  of  the  same  incident  shall  be
17        prosecuted under the Criminal Code of 1961.
18             (b)  If  before  trial  or  plea  an  information or
19        indictment is filed which  does  not  charge  an  offense
20        specified  in  paragraph  (a) of this subsection (6), the
21        State's Attorney may proceed  on  the  lesser  charge  or
22        charges,  but  only  in  Juvenile  Court  under the other
23        provisions of this Act, unless  before  trial  the  minor
24        defendant knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in
25        writing,  his  or her right to have the matter proceed in
26        Juvenile Court.  If before trial or plea  an  information
27        or  indictment is filed that includes one or more charges
28        specified in paragraph (a) of  this  subsection  (6)  and
29        additional   charges  that  are  not  specified  in  that
30        paragraph, all of the charges arising  out  of  the  same
31        incident  shall  be prosecuted under the Criminal Code of
32        1961.
33             (c) (i)  If  after  trial  or  plea  the  minor   is
34             convicted of any offense covered by paragraph (a) of
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 1             this  subsection (6), then, in sentencing the minor,
 2             the  court  shall  have   available   any   or   all
 3             dispositions   prescribed  for  that  offense  under
 4             Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
 5                  (ii)  If after trial or plea the minor is  only
 6             convicted of an offense not covered by paragraph (a)
 7             of  this  subsection  (6),  the conviction shall not
 8             invalidate the verdict or  the  prosecution  of  the
 9             minor under the criminal laws of the State; however,
10             unless  the State requests a hearing for the purpose
11             of sentencing the  minor  under  Chapter  V  of  the
12             Unified  Code of Corrections, the Court must proceed
13             under Sections 5-22 and 5-23 of  this  Act.   Should
14             the State request a hearing it must do so by written
15             motion  within  10  days  following  the  entry of a
16             finding or the  return  of  a  verdict.   Reasonable
17             notice  of the motion shall be served upon the minor
18             or his counsel.  If the motion is made by the State,
19             the court shall conduct a hearing  to  determine  if
20             the  request  should  be  granted.   In  making  its
21             determination   on   the  motion,  the  court  shall
22             consider among other matters: (a) whether  there  is
23             evidence  that  the  offense  was  committed  in  an
24             aggressive  and  premeditated manner; (b) the age of
25             the minor; (c) the previous history  of  the  minor;
26             (d)   whether   there  are  facilities  particularly
27             available to the Juvenile Court or the Department of
28             Corrections, Juvenile Division,  for  the  treatment
29             and  rehabilitation  of  the  minor; (e) whether the
30             best interest of the minor and the security  of  the
31             public  require  sentencing  under  Chapter V of the
32             Unified Code of Corrections;  and  (f)  whether  the
33             minor  possessed a deadly weapon when committing the
34             offense.  The rules of evidence shall be the same as
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 1             if at trial.  If after the hearing the  court  finds
 2             that  the  minor should be sentenced under Chapter V
 3             of the Unified Code of Corrections, then  the  court
 4             shall   sentence   the   minor   accordingly  having
 5             available  to  it  any  or   all   dispositions   so
 6             prescribed.
 7        (7) (a)  The definition of delinquent minor under Section
 8        5-3  of  this Act shall not apply to any minor who at the
 9        time of an offense was at least 15 years of age  and  who
10        is  charged  with  an  offense  under  Section 401 of the
11        Illinois Controlled Substances Act  while  in  a  school,
12        regardless of the time of day or the time of year, or any
13        conveyance  owned,  leased  or  contracted by a school to
14        transport students to or from school or a school  related
15        activity,  or  residential  property  owned, operated and
16        managed by a public housing agency, on the real  property
17        comprising  any  school, regardless of the time of day or
18        the time of year, or residential property owned, operated
19        and managed by a public housing agency, or  on  a  public
20        way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
21        school,  regardless  of  the  time  of day or the time of
22        year, or residential property owned, operated and managed
23        by a public housing agency. School is  defined,  for  the
24        purposes  of  this  Section,  as  any  public  or private
25        elementary  or  secondary  school,   community   college,
26        college,  or  university.  These  charges  and  all other
27        charges  arising  out  of  the  same  incident  shall  be
28        prosecuted under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
29             (b)  If before  trial  or  plea  an  information  or
30        indictment  is  filed  that  does  not  charge an offense
31        specified in paragraph (a) of this  subsection  (7),  the
32        State's  Attorney  may  proceed  on  the lesser charge or
33        charges, but only under the other provisions of this Act,
34        unless before trial the  minor  defendant  knowingly  and
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 1        with  advice  of  counsel  waives, in writing, his or her
 2        right to have the matter proceed in Juvenile  Court.   If
 3        before  trial  or  plea  an  information or indictment is
 4        filed that includes one  or  more  charges  specified  in
 5        paragraph  (a)  of  this  subsection  (7)  and additional
 6        charges that are not specified in that paragraph, all  of
 7        the  charges  arising  out  of the same incident shall be
 8        prosecuted under the Illinois Controlled  Substances  Act
 9        or the Criminal Code of 1961.
10             (c) (i)  If   after  trial  or  plea  the  minor  is
11             convicted of any offense covered by paragraph (a) of
12             this subsection (7), then, in sentencing  the  minor
13             the   court   shall   have   available  any  or  all
14             dispositions  prescribed  for  that  offense   under
15             Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
16                  (ii)  If  after trial or plea the minor is only
17             convicted of an offense not covered by paragraph (a)
18             of this subsection (7),  the  conviction  shall  not
19             invalidate  the  verdict  or  the prosecution of the
20             minor  under  the  criminal  laws  of  this   State;
21             however, unless the State requests a hearing for the
22             purpose  of  sentencing the minor under Chapter V of
23             the Unified Code  of  Corrections,  the  court  must
24             thereafter  proceed  under Sections 5-22 and 5-23 of
25             this Act.  Should the State  request  a  hearing  it
26             must   do  so  by  written  motion  within  10  days
27             following the entry of a finding or the return of  a
28             verdict.   Reasonable  notice of the motion shall be
29             served upon the minor or his  counsel.   If  such  a
30             motion is made by the State, the court shall conduct
31             a  hearing  to  determine  if  the request should be
32             granted. In making its determination on the  motion,
33             the  court  shall  consider among other matters: (a)
34             whether there  is  evidence  that  the  offense  was
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 1             committed  in an aggressive and premeditated manner;
 2             (b) the age of the minor; (c) the  previous  history
 3             of  the  minor;  (d)  whether  there  are facilities
 4             particularly available to the Juvenile Court or  the
 5             Department  of  Corrections,  Juvenile Division, for
 6             the treatment and rehabilitation of the  minor;  (e)
 7             whether  the  best  interest  of  the  minor and the
 8             security of  the  public  require  sentencing  under
 9             Chapter  V  of  the Unified Code of Corrections; and
10             (f) whether the minor possessed a deadly weapon when
11             committing the offense.  The rules of evidence shall
12             be the same as if at trial.  If  after  the  hearing
13             the  court  finds that the minor should be sentenced
14             under Chapter V of the Unified Code of  Corrections,
15             then  the court shall sentence the minor accordingly
16             having available to it any or  all  dispositions  so
17             prescribed.
18        (8) (a)  The definition of delinquent minor under Section
19        5-3  of  this  Act  shall  not  apply to any minor who is
20        charged with a violation of  subsection  (a)  of  Section
21        31-6  or  Section 32-10 of the Criminal Code of 1961 when
22        the minor is subject to prosecution  under  the  Criminal
23        Code  of  1961  as  a  result  of  the application of the
24        provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (3); subsection
25        (5); paragraph (a) of subsection (6); or paragraph (a) of
26        subsection (7)  of this Section.  These charges  and  all
27        other  charges  arising out of the same incident shall be
28        prosecuted under the Criminal Code of 1961.
29             (b)  If before  trial  or  plea  an  information  or
30        indictment  is  filed  that  does  not  charge an offense
31        specified in paragraph (a) of this  subsection  (8),  the
32        State's  Attorney  may  proceed  on  the lesser charge or
33        charges, but only  in  Juvenile  Court  under  the  other
34        provisions  of  this  Act,  unless before trial the minor
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 1        defendant knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in
 2        writing, his or her right to have the matter  proceed  in
 3        Juvenile  Court.   If before trial or plea an information
 4        or indictment is filed that includes one or more  charges
 5        specified  in  paragraph  (a)  of this subsection (8) and
 6        additional  charges  that  are  not  specified  in   that
 7        paragraph,  all  of  the  charges arising out of the same
 8        incident shall be prosecuted under the Criminal  Code  of
 9        1961.
10             (c)  If  after  trial  or  plea  the  minor  is only
11        convicted of an offense not covered by paragraph  (a)  of
12        this  subsection (8), the conviction shall not invalidate
13        the verdict or the prosecution of  the  minor  under  the
14        criminal  laws  of  this  State;  however, the court must
15        thereafter proceed under Sections 5-22 and 5-23  of  this
16        Act.  In all other circumstances, in sentencing the court
17        shall  have  available any or all dispositions prescribed
18        for that offense under Chapter V of the Unified  Code  of
19        Corrections.
20             (9) (a)  The  definition  of  delinquent minor under
21        Section 5-3 of this Act shall not apply to any minor  who
22        at  the  time  of an offense was at least 13 years of age
23        and who is charged with  first  degree  murder  committed
24        during  the  course  of either aggravated criminal sexual
25        assault,   criminal   sexual   assault,   or   aggravated
26        kidnaping. However, this subsection (9) does not  include
27        a   minor   charged   with   first  degree  murder  based
28        exclusively upon the  accountability  provisions  of  the
29        Criminal Code of 1961.
30             (b)  If  before  trial  or  plea  an  information or
31        indictment is filed which does not  charge  first  degree
32        murder committed during the course of aggravated criminal
33        sexual  assault,  criminal  sexual assault, or aggravated
34        kidnaping, the State's Attorney may proceed on the lesser
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 1        charge or charges, but only in Juvenile Court  under  the
 2        other  provisions  of  this  Act, unless before trial the
 3        minor defendant knowingly  and  with  advice  of  counsel
 4        waives,  in  writing, his or her right to have the matter
 5        proceed in Juvenile Court.  If before trial  or  plea  an
 6        information  or  indictment  is filed that includes first
 7        degree murder committed during the course  of  aggravated
 8        criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal  sexual  assault, or
 9        aggravated kidnaping, as well as additional charges  that
10        are  not  specified in that paragraph, all of the charges
11        arising out of the  same  incident  shall  be  prosecuted
12        under the Criminal Code of 1961.
13             (c)(i)  If   after   trial  or  plea  the  minor  is
14        convicted of first degree  murder  committed  during  the
15        course  of  aggravated  criminal sexual assault, criminal
16        sexual assault, or aggravated kidnaping, the court  shall
17        have  available  any  or  all dispositions prescribed for
18        that offense under Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
19        Corrections.
20             (ii)  If  the  minor  was not yet 15 years of age at
21        the time of the offense, and if after trial or  plea  the
22        minor  is  only  convicted of an offense other than first
23        degree murder  committed  during  the  course  of  either
24        aggravated   criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal  sexual
25        assault, or aggravated kidnaping,  the  conviction  shall
26        not  invalidate  the  verdict  or  the prosecution of the
27        minor under the criminal  laws  of  the  State;  however,
28        unless  the  State  requests a hearing for the purpose of
29        sentencing the minor under Chapter V of the Unified  Code
30        of  Corrections,  the  Court  must proceed under Sections
31        5-22 and 5-23 of this Act. Should  the  State  request  a
32        hearing  it  must  do so by written motion within 10 days
33        following the entry of a  finding  or  the  return  of  a
34        verdict.  Reasonable notice of the motion shall be served
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 1        upon  the  minor or his or her counsel.  If the motion is
 2        made by the State, the court shall conduct a  hearing  to
 3        determine  if  the  request should be granted.  In making
 4        its determination on the motion, the court shall consider
 5        among other matters: (a) whether there is  evidence  that
 6        the   offense   was   committed   in  an  aggressive  and
 7        premeditated manner; (b) the age of the  minor;  (c)  the
 8        previous  history  of  the  minor;  (d) whether there are
 9        facilities particularly available to the  Juvenile  Court
10        or  the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division, for
11        the  treatment  and  rehabilitation  of  the  minor;  (e)
12        whether the best interest of the minor and  the  security
13        of  the  public require sentencing under Chapter V of the
14        Unified Code of Corrections; and (f)  whether  the  minor
15        possessed  a  deadly  weapon when committing the offense.
16        The rules of evidence shall be the same as if  at  trial.
17        If  after  the  hearing  the  court  finds that the minor
18        should be sentenced under Chapter V of the  Unified  Code
19        of  Corrections,  then the court shall sentence the minor
20        accordingly  having  available   to   it   any   or   all
21        dispositions so prescribed.
22             (iii)  If  the minor was at least 15 years of age at
23        the time of the offense and if after trial  or  plea  the
24        minor is only convicted of first degree murder but not of
25        aggravated   criminal  sexual  assault,  criminal  sexual
26        assault, or aggravated kidnaping, the  court  shall  have
27        available  any  or  all  dispositions prescribed for that
28        offense  under  Chapter  V  of  the   Unified   Code   of
29        Corrections.
30             (iv)  If  the  minor was at least 15 years of age at
31        the time of the offense and if after trial  or  plea  the
32        minor  is  only  convicted  of aggravated criminal sexual
33        assault,   criminal   sexual   assault,   or   aggravated
34        kidnaping, but not of  first  degree  murder,  the  court
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 1        shall  have  available any or all dispositions prescribed
 2        for that offense under Chapter V of the Unified  Code  of
 3        Corrections.
 4    (Source: P.A.  88-239;  88-467; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 88-680,
 5    eff.  1-1-95;  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-362,  eff.  1-1-96;
 6    89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462,  eff.  5-29-96;  89-498,  eff.
 7    6-27-96.)
 8        Section  10.   The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended,
 9    if and only if Senate Bill 363 of the 90th  General  Assembly
10    becomes law, by changing Section 5-805 as follows:
11        (705 ILCS 405/5-805)
12        Sec. 5-805.  Transfer of jurisdiction.
13        (1)  Mandatory transfers.
14             (a)  If  a petition alleges commission by a minor 15
15        years of age or  older  of  an  act  that  constitutes  a
16        forcible  felony  under  the laws of this State, and if a
17        motion by the State's Attorney  to  prosecute  the  minor
18        under  the  criminal  laws  of  Illinois  for the alleged
19        forcible felony alleges that (i) the minor has previously
20        been  adjudicated  delinquent   or   found   guilty   for
21        commission  of an act that constitutes a felony under the
22        laws of this State or any other state and  (ii)  the  act
23        that constitutes the offense was committed in furtherance
24        of  criminal  activity by an organized gang, the Juvenile
25        Judge assigned to hear and determine those motions shall,
26        upon determining that there is probable cause  that  both
27        allegations   are   true,   enter   an  order  permitting
28        prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois.
29             (b)  If a petition alleges commission by a minor  15
30        years of age or older of an act that constitutes a felony
31        under  the  laws  of  this  State,  and  if a motion by a
32        State's  Attorney  to  prosecute  the  minor  under   the
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 1        criminal  laws of Illinois for the alleged felony alleges
 2        that  (i)  the  minor  has  previously  been  adjudicated
 3        delinquent or found guilty for commission of an act  that
 4        constitutes  a  forcible  felony  under  the laws of this
 5        State  or  any  other  state  and  (ii)  the   act   that
 6        constitutes  the  offense was committed in furtherance of
 7        criminal activities by an organized  gang,  the  Juvenile
 8        Judge assigned to hear and determine those motions shall,
 9        upon  determining  that there is probable cause that both
10        allegations  are  true,   enter   an   order   permitting
11        prosecution under the criminal laws of Illinois.
12             (c)  If  a petition alleges commission by a minor 15
13        years of age or older of: (i) an act that constitutes  an
14        offense enumerated in the presumptive transfer provisions
15        of subsection (2); and (ii) the minor has previously been
16        adjudicated  delinquent  or  found  guilty  of a forcible
17        felony,  the  Juvenile  Judge  designated  to  hear   and
18        determine  those  motions  shall,  upon  determining that
19        there is probable cause that both allegations  are  true,
20        enter  an order permitting prosecution under the criminal
21        laws of Illinois.
22        (2)  Presumptive transfer.
23             (a)  If the State's Attorney files  a  petition,  at
24        any  time  prior to commencement of the minor's trial, to
25        permit  prosecution  under  the  criminal  laws  and  the
26        petition alleges the commission by a minor  15  years  of
27        age  or  older  of: (i) a Class X felony other than armed
28        violence; (ii) aggravated discharge of a firearm;   (iii)
29        armed  violence with a firearm when the predicate offense
30        is a Class 1 or Class 2 felony and the State's Attorney's
31        motion to transfer the  case  alleges  that  the  offense
32        committed is in furtherance of the criminal activities of
33        an  organized  gang;  (iv)  armed violence with a firearm
34        when the predicate offense is a violation of the Illinois
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 1        Controlled Substances Act or a violation of the  Cannabis
 2        Control  Act; (v) armed violence when the weapon involved
 3        was a machine gun or other weapon described in subsection
 4        (a)(7) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (vi)
 5        unlawful  use  of  weapons  under  Section  24-1  of  the
 6        Criminal Code of 1961; or (vii) a  violation  of  Section
 7        401  of  the  Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and, if
 8        the juvenile judge assigned to hear and determine motions
 9        to transfer a case for prosecution in the criminal  court
10        determines  that  there is probable cause to believe that
11        the allegations in the  petition  and  motion  are  true,
12        there is a rebuttable presumption that the minor is not a
13        fit  and  proper  subject  to  be  dealt  with  under the
14        Juvenile Justice Reform Provisions  of  1998,  and  that,
15        except  as  provided in paragraph (b), the case should be
16        transferred to the criminal court.
17             (b)  The  judge  shall  enter  an  order  permitting
18        prosecution under the criminal laws  of  Illinois  unless
19        the  judge  makes a finding based on clear and convincing
20        evidence that the minor would be amenable  to  the  care,
21        treatment,  and  training  programs available through the
22        facilities of the juvenile court based on  an  evaluation
23        of the following:
24             (i)  The seriousness of the alleged offense;
25             (ii)  The minor's history of delinquency;
26             (iii)  The age of the minor;
27             (iv)    The  culpability  of the minor in committing
28        the alleged offense;
29             (v)  Whether  the  offense  was  committed   in   an
30        aggressive or premeditated manner;
31             (vi)  Whether  the  minor used or possessed a deadly
32        weapon when committing the alleged offense;
33             (vii)  The minor's history  of  services,  including
34        the  minor's  willingness  to participate meaningfully in
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 1        available services;
 2             (viii)  The adequacy of the punishment  or  services
 3        available in the juvenile justice system.
 4        In  considering  these  factors,  the  court  shall  give
 5    greater  weight to the seriousness of the alleged offense and
 6    the minor's prior record of delinquency  than  to  the  other
 7    factors listed in this subsection.
 8        (3)  Discretionary transfer.
 9             (a)  If  a petition alleges commission by a minor 13
10        years of age or over of an act that constitutes  a  crime
11        under  the  laws  of  this  State  and,  on motion of the
12        State's Attorney to permit prosecution of the minor under
13        the criminal laws, a Juvenile Judge assigned by the Chief
14        Judge of the Circuit to hear and determine those motions,
15        after hearing but before commencement of the trial, finds
16        that  there  is  probable  cause  to  believe  that   the
17        allegations  in the motion are true and that it is not in
18        the best interests of the public to  proceed  under  this
19        Act,  the court may enter an order permitting prosecution
20        under the criminal laws.
21             (b)  In making its determination on  the  motion  to
22        permit  prosecution  under  the  criminal laws, the court
23        shall consider:
24             (i)  The seriousness of the alleged offense;
25             (ii)  The minor's history of delinquency;
26             (iii)  The age of the minor;
27             (iv)  The culpability of the minor in committing the
28        alleged offense;
29             (v)  Whether  the  offense  was  committed   in   an
30        aggressive or premeditated manner;
31             (vi)  Whether  the  minor used or possessed a deadly
32        weapon when committing the alleged offense;
33             (vii)  The minor's history  of  services,  including
34        the  minor's  willingness  to participate meaningfully in
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 1        available services;
 2             (viii)  The adequacy of the punishment  or  services
 3        available in the juvenile justice system.
 4        In  considering  these  factors,  the  court  shall  give
 5    greater  weight to the seriousness of the alleged offense and
 6    the minor's prior record of delinquency  than  to  the  other
 7    factors listed in this subsection.
 8        (4)  The  rules of evidence for this hearing shall be the
 9    same as under Section 5-705 of this Act.   A  minor  must  be
10    represented  in  court  by  counsel before the hearing may be
11    commenced.
12        (5)  If criminal proceedings are instituted, the petition
13    for adjudication of wardship shall be  dismissed  insofar  as
14    the act or acts involved in the criminal proceedings.  Taking
15    of  evidence  in  a  trial  on  petition  for adjudication of
16    wardship is a bar to  criminal  proceedings  based  upon  the
17    conduct alleged in the petition.
18    (Source: 90SB0363enr)

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