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Full Text of HB3007  97th General Assembly

HB3007 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3007

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/115-8  from Ch. 38, par. 115-8

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a defendant's waiver of his or her right to be present during trial.


LRB097 09142 RLC 49277 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3007LRB097 09142 RLC 49277 b

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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 115-8 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/115-8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 115-8)
7    Sec. 115-8.
8    A defendant may waive his right to be present during trial.
9However, upon motion of the the State's Attorney made prior to
10or during trial, the court shall order the defendant to present
11himself in open court for the purpose of identification.
12(Source: P.A. 77-1426.)