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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2373
Introduced 2/3/2004, by George P. Shadid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/7-2 |
from Ch. 38, par. 7-2 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes technical changes in the Section concerning the justified use of force in defense of one's dwelling.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2373 |
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LRB093 20487 RLC 46276 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 7-2 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 7-2)
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| Sec. 7-2. Use of
force in defense of dwelling.
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| A person is justified in the use of force against another |
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| when and to
the extent that he or she reasonably believes that |
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| such conduct is necessary to
prevent or terminate such other's |
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| unlawful entry into or attack upon a
dwelling. However, he or |
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| she is justified in the use of force which is intended or
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| likely to cause death or great bodily harm only if:
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| (a) The entry is made or attempted in a violent, riotous, |
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| or tumultuous
manner, and he or she reasonably believes that |
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| such force is necessary to prevent
an assault upon, or offer of |
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| personal violence to, him or her or another then in
the |
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| dwelling, or
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| (b) He or she reasonably believes that such force is |
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| necessary to prevent the
commission of a felony in the |
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| dwelling.
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| (Source: Laws 1967, p. 696.)
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