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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2755
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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725 ILCS 5/115-8 |
from Ch. 38, par. 115-8 |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning a defendant's waiver of his or her right to be present
during trial.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2755 |
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LRB095 00975 RLC 20977 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 115-8 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 5/115-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-8)
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| Sec. 115-8.
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| A defendant may waive his right to be present during trial. |
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| However,
upon motion of the
the State's Attorney made prior to |
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| or during trial, the
court shall order the defendant to present |
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| himself in open court for the
purpose of identification. |
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| (Source: P.A. 77-1426.)
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