98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3445
 
Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



720 ILCS 5/31-4  from Ch. 38, par. 31-4

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.   Provides that obstructing justice in furtherance of, or to avoid the consequences arising from,  a: (1) Class X felony or first degree murder is a Class 1 felony; (2) Class 1 felony is a Class 2 felony; and (3)  Class 2 felony is a Class 3 felony.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by changing 
5Section 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 
9the apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any 
10person, he or she knowingly commits
any of the following acts:

11        (1) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical 
12    evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false 
13    information; or

14        (2) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the 
15    subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself or 
16    herself; or

17        (3) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at 
18    issue, he or she leaves the
State or conceals himself; or
19        (4) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a 
20    child under  13 years of age reports materially false 
21    information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, 
22    coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency 
23    during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a 
 
 
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1    child under circumstances described in subsection (a) or 
2    (b) of Section 10-10 of this Code.

3    (b) Sentence.


4        (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as 
5    provided in
paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection (b).


6        (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang 
7    related or
gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10 
8    of the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention 
9    Act, is a Class 3 felony.

10        (3)  Obstructing justice in furtherance of, or to avoid 
11    the consequences arising from,  a:
12            (A) Class X felony or first degree murder is a 
13        Class 1 felony.
14            (B)   Class 1 felony is a Class 2 felony.
15            (C)   Class 2 felony is a Class 3 felony. 
16(Source: P.A. 97-1079, eff. 1-1-13.)