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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1290
Introduced 2/20/2007, by Rep. Arthur L. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant may make a motion before the trial court that entered the
judgment of conviction in his or her case for the performance of Integrated Ballistic Identification System testing on evidence that was secured in relation
to the trial which resulted in his or her conviction, but which was not subject
to the testing which is now requested because the technology for the testing
was not available at the time of trial.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1290 |
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LRB095 10445 RLC 30660 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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
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| amended by changing Section 116-3 as follows: |
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| (725 ILCS 5/116-3)
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| Sec. 116-3. Motion for fingerprint , Integrated Ballistic |
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| Identification System, or forensic testing not available at
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| trial regarding
actual innocence.
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| (a) A defendant may make a motion before the trial court |
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| that entered the
judgment of conviction in his or her case for |
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| the performance of fingerprint , Integrated Ballistic |
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| Identification System, or
forensic DNA testing, including |
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| comparison analysis of genetic marker
groupings of the evidence |
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| collected by criminal justice agencies pursuant to
the alleged |
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| offense, to those of the defendant, to those of other forensic
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| evidence, and to those maintained
under subsection (f) of |
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| Section 5-4-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
on evidence |
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| that was secured in relation
to the trial which resulted in his |
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| or her conviction, but which was not subject
to the testing |
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| which is now requested because the technology for the testing
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| was not available at the time of trial. Reasonable notice of |
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| the motion shall
be served upon the State.
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