[ Back ] [ Bottom ]
90_HB0759
720 ILCS 5/3-3 from Ch. 38, par. 3-3
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical
change in provisions regarding multiple prosecutions for the
same act.
LRB9002885SMdv
LRB9002885SMdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 3-3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 3-3 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/3-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-3)
8 Sec. 3-3. Multiple prosecutions for same act.
9 (a) When the same conduct of a defendant may establish
10 the commission of more than one offense, the defendant may be
11 prosecuted for each such offense.
12 (b) If the several offenses are known to the proper
13 prosecuting officer at the time of commencing the prosecution
14 and are within the jurisdiction of a single court, they must
15 be prosecuted in a single prosecution, except as provided in
16 Subsection (c), if they are based on the same act.
17 (c) When 2 or more offenses are charged as required by
18 Subsection (b), the court in the interest of justice may
19 order that one or more of the such charges shall be tried
20 separately.
21 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)
[ Top ]