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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
7     Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of Imprisonment for Felony.
8     (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
9 the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be a
10 determinate sentence set by the court under this Section,
11 according to the following limitations:
12         (1) for first degree murder,
13             (a) a term shall be not less than 20 years and not
14         more than 60 years, or
15             (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
16         doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
17         brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
18         cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c)
19         of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
20         listed in subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal
21         Code of 1961 are present, the court may sentence the
22         defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
23             (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
24         term of natural life imprisonment when the death
25         penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
26                 (i) has previously been convicted of first
27             degree murder under any state or federal law, or
28                 (ii) is a person who, at the time of the
29             commission of the murder, had attained the age of
30             17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
31             individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective
32             of the defendant's age at the time of the

 

 

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1             commission of the offense, is found guilty of
2             murdering more than one victim, or
3                 (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
4             officer, or fireman, or emergency management
5             worker when the peace officer, fireman, or
6             emergency management worker was killed in the
7             course of performing his official duties, or to
8             prevent the peace officer or fireman from
9             performing his official duties, or in retaliation
10             for the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
11             management worker from performing his official
12             duties, and the defendant knew or should have known
13             that the murdered individual was a peace officer,
14             fireman, or emergency management worker, or
15                 (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
16             of an institution or facility of the Department of
17             Corrections, or any similar local correctional
18             agency, when the employee was killed in the course
19             of performing his official duties, or to prevent
20             the employee from performing his official duties,
21             or in retaliation for the employee performing his
22             official duties, or
23                 (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
24             medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
25             technician - intermediate, emergency medical
26             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
27             medical assistance or first aid person while
28             employed by a municipality or other governmental
29             unit when the person was killed in the course of
30             performing official duties or to prevent the
31             person from performing official duties or in
32             retaliation for performing official duties and the
33             defendant knew or should have known that the
34             murdered individual was an emergency medical
35             technician - ambulance, emergency medical
36             technician - intermediate, emergency medical

 

 

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1             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
2             medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
3                 (vi) is a person who, at the time of the
4             commission of the murder, had not attained the age
5             of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person
6             under 12 years of age and the murder is committed
7             during the course of aggravated criminal sexual
8             assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
9             kidnaping, or
10                 (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
11             and the murder was committed by reason of any
12             person's activity as a community policing
13             volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
14             activity as a community policing volunteer. For
15             the purpose of this Section, "community policing
16             volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
17             Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
18             For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
19         technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
20          intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
21         paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
22         Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
23             (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while
24             armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
25             the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
26                 (ii) if, during the commission of the offense,
27             the person personally discharged a firearm, 20
28             years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
29             imposed by the court;
30                 (iii) if, during the commission of the
31             offense, the person personally discharged a
32             firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
33             permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
34             death to another person, 25 years or up to a term
35             of natural life shall be added to the term of
36             imprisonment imposed by the court.

 

 

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1         (1.5) for second degree murder, a term shall be not
2     less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;
3         (2) for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
4     Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
5     sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
6         (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances
7     described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
8     12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 12-14,
9     paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1, or
10     paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the
11     Criminal Code of 1961, the sentence shall be a term of
12     natural life imprisonment;
13         (3) except as otherwise provided in the statute
14     defining the offense, for a Class X felony, the sentence
15     shall be not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years;
16         (4) for a Class 1 felony, other than second degree
17     murder, the sentence shall be not less than 4 years and not
18     more than 15 years;
19         (5) for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
20     less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;
21         (6) for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
22     less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
23         (7) for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
24     less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
25     (b) The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
26 set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
27 enters in the case, as provided in Section 5-4-1 of this Code.
28 Those reasons may include any mitigating or aggravating factors
29 specified in this Code, or the lack of any such circumstances,
30 as well as any other such factors as the judge shall set forth
31 on the record that are consistent with the purposes and
32 principles of sentencing set out in this Code.
33     (c) A motion to reduce a sentence may be made, or the court
34 may reduce a sentence without motion, within 30 days after the
35 sentence is imposed. A defendant's challenge to the correctness
36 of a sentence or to any aspect of the sentencing hearing shall

 

 

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1 be made by a written motion filed within 30 days following the
2 imposition of sentence. However, the court may not increase a
3 sentence once it is imposed.
4     If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
5 filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, the
6 proponent of the motion shall exercise due diligence in seeking
7 a determination on the motion and the court shall thereafter
8 decide such motion within a reasonable time.
9     If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
10 filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then for
11 purposes of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall not be
12 considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce a
13 sentence has been decided by order entered by the trial court.
14     A motion filed pursuant to this subsection shall not be
15 considered to have been timely filed unless it is filed with
16 the circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence is
17 imposed together with a notice of motion, which notice of
18 motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
19 certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
20     (d) Except where a term of natural life is imposed, every
21 sentence shall include as though written therein a term in
22 addition to the term of imprisonment. For those sentenced under
23 the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such term shall be
24 identified as a parole term. For those sentenced on or after
25 February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a mandatory
26 supervised release term. Subject to earlier termination under
27 Section 3-3-8, the parole or mandatory supervised release term
28 shall be as follows:
29         (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except
30     for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
31     child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal
32     sexual assault if committed convicted on or after the
33     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
34     Assembly July 1, 2005, 3 years;
35         (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for
36     the offense of criminal sexual assault if committed

 

 

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1     convicted on or after the effective date of this amendatory
2     Act of the 94th General Assembly July 1, 2005, 2 years;
3         (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
4         (4) for defendants who commit the offense convicted of
5     predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
6     criminal sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or
7     after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
8     General Assembly July 1, 2005, the term of mandatory
9     supervised release shall range from a minimum of 3 years to
10     a maximum of the natural life of the defendant;
11         (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
12     second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
13     abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
14     the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
15     electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
16     Chapter V of this Code.
17     (e) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
18 of imprisonment imposed by another state or by any district
19 court of the United States and who, after sentence for a crime
20 in Illinois, must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
21 may have his sentence by the Illinois court ordered to be
22 concurrent with the prior sentence in the other state. The
23 court may order that any time served on the unexpired portion
24 of the sentence in the other state, prior to his return to
25 Illinois, shall be credited on his Illinois sentence. The other
26 state shall be furnished with a copy of the order imposing
27 sentence which shall provide that, when the offender is
28 released from confinement of the other state, whether by parole
29 or by termination of sentence, the offender shall be
30 transferred by the Sheriff of the committing county to the
31 Illinois Department of Corrections. The court shall cause the
32 Department of Corrections to be notified of such sentence at
33 the time of commitment and to be provided with copies of all
34 records regarding the sentence.
35     (f) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
36 of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court for a

 

 

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1 crime in this State and who is subsequently sentenced to a term
2 of imprisonment by another state or by any district court of
3 the United States and who has served a term of imprisonment
4 imposed by the other state or district court of the United
5 States, and must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
6 imposed by the Illinois Circuit Court may apply to the court
7 which imposed sentence to have his sentence reduced.
8     The circuit court may order that any time served on the
9 sentence imposed by the other state or district court of the
10 United States be credited on his Illinois sentence. Such
11 application for reduction of a sentence under this subsection
12 (f) shall be made within 30 days after the defendant has
13 completed the sentence imposed by the other state or district
14 court of the United States.
15 (Source: P.A. 94-165, eff. 7-11-05; 94-243, eff. 1-1-06;
16 revised 8-19-05.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.