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1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 5-5-3.2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 changing Section 5-5-3.2 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2)
8 Sec. 5-5-3.2. Factors in Aggravation.
9 (a) The following factors shall be accorded weight in
10 favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
11 by the court as reasons to impose a more severe sentence
12 under Section 5-8-1:
13 (1) the defendant's conduct caused or threatened
14 serious harm;
15 (2) the defendant received compensation for
16 committing the offense;
17 (3) the defendant has a history of prior
18 delinquency or criminal activity;
19 (4) the defendant, by the duties of his office or
20 by his position, was obliged to prevent the particular
21 offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
22 to justice;
23 (5) the defendant held public office at the time of
24 the offense, and the offense related to the conduct of
25 that office;
26 (6) the defendant utilized his professional
27 reputation or position in the community to commit the
28 offense, or to afford him an easier means of committing
29 it;
30 (7) the sentence is necessary to deter others from
31 committing the same crime;
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1 (8) the defendant committed the offense against a
2 person 60 years of age or older or such person's
3 property;
4 (9) the defendant committed the offense against a
5 person who is physically handicapped or such person's
6 property;
7 (10) by reason of another individual's actual or
8 perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
9 sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or
10 national origin, the defendant committed the offense
11 against (i) the person or property of that individual;
12 (ii) the person or property of a person who has an
13 association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
14 the other individual; or (iii) the person or property of
15 a relative (by blood or marriage) of a person described
16 in clause (i) or (ii). For the purposes of this Section,
17 "sexual orientation" means heterosexuality,
18 homosexuality, or bisexuality;
19 (11) the offense took place in a place of worship
20 or on the grounds of a place of worship, immediately
21 prior to, during or immediately following worship
22 services. For purposes of this subparagraph, "place of
23 worship" shall mean any church, synagogue or other
24 building, structure or place used primarily for religious
25 worship;
26 (12) the defendant was convicted of a felony
27 committed while he was released on bail or his own
28 recognizance pending trial for a prior felony and was
29 convicted of such prior felony, or the defendant was
30 convicted of a felony committed while he was serving a
31 period of probation, conditional discharge, or mandatory
32 supervised release under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1
33 for a prior felony;
34 (13) the defendant committed or attempted to commit
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1 a felony while he was wearing a bulletproof vest. For
2 the purposes of this paragraph (13), a bulletproof vest
3 is any device which is designed for the purpose of
4 protecting the wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal
5 projectiles;
6 (14) the defendant held a position of trust or
7 supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
8 defined in Section 12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
9 teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day care worker,
10 in relation to a victim under 18 years of age, and the
11 defendant committed an offense in violation of Section
12 11-6, 11-11, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13,
13 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of
14 1961 against that victim;
15 (15) the defendant committed an offense related to
16 the activities of an organized gang. For the purposes of
17 this factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to
18 it in Section 10 of the Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
19 Prevention Act;
20 (16) the defendant committed an offense in
21 violation of one of the following Sections while in a
22 school, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
23 any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school
24 to transport students to or from school or a school
25 related activity; on the real property of a school; or on
26 a public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
27 comprising any school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-15.1,
28 11-17.1, 11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1,
29 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-6, 12-6.1, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
30 12-15, 12-16, 18-2, or 33A-2 of the Criminal Code of
31 1961;
32 (16.5) the defendant committed an offense in
33 violation of one of the following Sections while in a day
34 care center, regardless of the time of day or time of
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1 year; on the real property of a day care center,
2 regardless of the time of day or time of year; or on a
3 public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
4 comprising any day care center, regardless of the time of
5 day or time of year: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-15.1,
6 11-17.1, 11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1,
7 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-6, 12-6.1, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
8 12-15, 12-16, 18-2, or 33A-2 of the Criminal Code of
9 1961;
10 (17) the defendant committed the offense by reason
11 of any person's activity as a community policing
12 volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
13 activity as a community policing volunteer. For the
14 purpose of this Section, "community policing volunteer"
15 has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2-3.5 of the
16 Criminal Code of 1961.
17 For the purposes of this Section: ,
18 "School" is defined as a public or private elementary or
19 secondary school, community college, college, or university.
20 "Day care center" means a public or private State
21 certified and licensed day care center as defined in Section
22 2.09 of the Child Care Act of 1969 that displays a sign in
23 plain view stating that the property is a day care center.
24 (b) The following factors may be considered by the court
25 as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under Section
26 5-8-2 upon any offender:
27 (1) When a defendant is convicted of any felony,
28 after having been previously convicted in Illinois or any
29 other jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
30 greater class felony, when such conviction has occurred
31 within 10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
32 time spent in custody, and such charges are separately
33 brought and tried and arise out of different series of
34 acts; or
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1 (2) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
2 the court finds that the offense was accompanied by
3 exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of
4 wanton cruelty; or
5 (3) When a defendant is convicted of voluntary
6 manslaughter, second degree murder, involuntary
7 manslaughter or reckless homicide in which the defendant
8 has been convicted of causing the death of more than one
9 individual; or
10 (4) When a defendant is convicted of any felony
11 committed against:
12 (i) a person under 12 years of age at the time
13 of the offense or such person's property;
14 (ii) a person 60 years of age or older at the
15 time of the offense or such person's property; or
16 (iii) a person physically handicapped at the
17 time of the offense or such person's property; or
18 (5) In the case of a defendant convicted of
19 aggravated criminal sexual assault or criminal sexual
20 assault, when the court finds that aggravated criminal
21 sexual assault or criminal sexual assault was also
22 committed on the same victim by one or more other
23 individuals, and the defendant voluntarily participated
24 in the crime with the knowledge of the participation of
25 the others in the crime, and the commission of the crime
26 was part of a single course of conduct during which there
27 was no substantial change in the nature of the criminal
28 objective; or
29 (6) When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
30 the offense involved any of the following types of
31 specific misconduct committed as part of a ceremony,
32 rite, initiation, observance, performance, practice or
33 activity of any actual or ostensible religious,
34 fraternal, or social group:
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1 (i) the brutalizing or torturing of humans or
2 animals;
3 (ii) the theft of human corpses;
4 (iii) the kidnapping of humans;
5 (iv) the desecration of any cemetery,
6 religious, fraternal, business, governmental,
7 educational, or other building or property; or
8 (v) ritualized abuse of a child; or
9 (7) When a defendant is convicted of first degree
10 murder, after having been previously convicted in
11 Illinois of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2) of
12 Section 5-5-3, when such conviction has occurred within
13 10 years after the previous conviction, excluding time
14 spent in custody, and such charges are separately brought
15 and tried and arise out of different series of acts; or
16 (8) When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
17 than conspiracy and the court finds that the felony was
18 committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
19 to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
20 the other individuals, occupied a position of organizer,
21 supervisor, financier, or any other position of
22 management or leadership, and the court further finds
23 that the felony committed was related to or in
24 furtherance of the criminal activities of an organized
25 gang or was motivated by the defendant's leadership in an
26 organized gang; or
27 (9) When a defendant is convicted of a felony
28 violation of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961
29 and the court finds that the defendant is a member of an
30 organized gang.
31 (b-1) For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang"
32 has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
33 Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
34 (c) The court may impose an extended term sentence under
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1 Section 5-8-2 upon any offender who was convicted of
2 aggravated criminal sexual assault where the victim was under
3 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
4 (d) The court may impose an extended term sentence under
5 Section 5-8-2 upon any offender who was convicted of unlawful
6 use of weapons under Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of
7 1961 for possessing a weapon that is not readily
8 distinguishable as one of the weapons enumerated in Section
9 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-377, eff. 8-18-95;
11 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-689 (Sections
12 65 and 115), eff. 12-31-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-651, eff.
13 1-1-99; 90-686, eff. 1-1-99; revised 9-16-98.)
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