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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1832
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that an attorney admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, as an officer of the court, may also issue subpoenas in a pending action.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1832 |
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LRB096 03120 RLC 13136 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 115-17 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 5/115-17)
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| Sec. 115-17. Clerk; issuance of subpoenas. It is the duty |
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| of the clerk of
the court to issue
subpoenas, either on the |
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| part of the people or of the accused, directed to the
sheriff |
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| or coroner of any county of this State. An attorney admitted to |
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| practice in the State of Illinois, as an officer of the court, |
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| may also issue subpoenas in a pending action. A witness
who is |
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| duly subpoenaed who neglects or refuses to attend any court, |
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| under
the requisitions of the subpoena, shall be proceeded |
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| against and
punished for contempt of the court. Attachments |
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| against witnesses who
live in a different county from that |
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| where the subpoena is
returnable
may be served in the same |
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| manner as warrants are directed to be served out of
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| from which they issue.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96.)
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