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 Bill Status of SB0470  93rd General Assembly

Short Description:  CRIM PRO-DEPOSITION USE

Senate Sponsors
Sen. John J. Cullerton

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
725 ILCS 5/115-22 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon leave of court, in any case in which the defendant is charged with the offense of first degree murder and the prosecution seeks the death penalty, or in a first degree murder case in which a term of natural life imprisonment is the only sentence allowed under the law following the defendant's conviction, any party may take the testimony, upon oral examination, of: (1) any person other than a law enforcement officer, victim, or family member who is identified as, or believed to be, an eyewitness to the occurrence that is the subject of the prosecution; (2) any person whom either party intends to call at trial regarding incriminating statements made by the accused to persons other than a law enforcement officer or prosecutor; and (3) any person identified as, or believed to be, an alibi witness. Applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/18/2003SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  2/18/2003SenateFirst Reading
  2/18/2003SenateReferred to Rules
  2/19/2003SenateAssigned to Judiciary
  2/27/2003SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  2/28/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  2/28/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
  3/4/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
  3/5/2003SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/13/2003SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/14/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
  3/14/2003SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
  1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die

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