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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0630
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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735 ILCS 5/2-1106 |
from Ch. 110, par. 2-1106 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that (at present, 1 or 2) 1 or more alternate jurors may be impanelled. Provides that at the time the jury retires to deliberate an alternate juror may (at present, shall) be discharged. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0630 |
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LRB095 10571 AJO 30792 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil 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 Civil Procedure is amended by |
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| changing Section 2-1106 as follows:
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| (735 ILCS 5/2-1106) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1106)
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| Sec. 2-1106. Peremptory challenges - Alternate jurors. (a) |
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| Each side
shall be entitled to 5 peremptory challenges. If |
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| there is more than one
party on any side, the court may allow |
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| each side additional peremptory
challenges, not to exceed 3, on |
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| account of each additional party on the
side having the |
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| greatest number of parties. Each side shall be allowed
an equal |
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| number of peremptory challenges. If the parties on a side are
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| unable to agree upon the allocation of peremptory challenges |
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| among
themselves, the allocation shall be determined by the |
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| court.
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| (b) The court may direct that 1 or more
2 jurors in |
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| addition to the
regular panel be impanelled to serve as |
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| alternate jurors. Alternate
jurors, in the sequence in which |
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| they are ordered into the jury box,
shall replace jurors who, |
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| prior to the time the jury retires to consider
its verdict, |
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| become unable to perform their duties. Alternate jurors
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| be drawn in the same manner, have the same qualifications, be
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