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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2575
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/31-4 |
from Ch. 38, par. 31-4 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Changes the penalty for obstructing justice based upon the class of felony or misdemeanor of the underlying offense in which the defendant obstructed justice (rather than a Class 4 felony, or a Class 3 felony if obstructing justice was in furtherance of streetgang related or
gang-related activity). Effective immediately.
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| CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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A BILL FOR
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HB2575 |
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LRB096 04781 RLC 14845 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 31-4 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
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| Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
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| A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the |
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| apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any |
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| person, he knowingly commits
any of the following acts:
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| (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical |
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| evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false information; |
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| or
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| (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the |
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| subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself; or
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| (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at issue, |
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| he leaves the
State or conceals himself.
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| (d) Sentence.
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| (1) Obstructing justice is a Class X 4 felony if the |
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| defendant obstructed the prosecution or defense of a first |
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| degree murder , except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this |
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| subsection (d).
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| (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang |