Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

Filed: 3/3/2005

 

 


 

 


 
09400HB0779ham001 LRB094 03414 RLC 42254 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 779

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 779 on page 1, by
3 inserting below line 3 the following:
 
4     "Section 3. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 31-4 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/31-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
7     Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
8     (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent
9 the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any
10 person, he knowingly commits any of the following acts:
11     (1) (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical
12 evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false information;
13 or
14     (2) (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the
15 subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself; or
16     (3) (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at
17 issue, he leaves the State or conceals himself.
18     (4) Destroys, alters, conceals, disguises, or otherwise
19 tampers with evidence collected under Section 107-2.5 of the
20 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or Section 5-4-3 of the
21 Unified Code of Corrections.
22     (b) (d) Sentence.
23         (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as
24     provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (b) (d).

 

 

09400HB0779ham001 - 2 - LRB094 03414 RLC 42254 a

1         (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang
2     related or gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10
3     of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
4     Act, is a Class 3 felony. Obstructing justice in violation
5     of paragraph (a)(4) is a Class 3 felony.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-363, eff. 1-1-98.)"; and
 
7 on page 7, line 18, by inserting "or under Section 107-2.5 of
8 the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, after "Section"; and
 
9 on page 7, line 19, by changing "4" to "3 4".