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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 106B-5 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 5/106B-5)
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7 | Sec. 106B-5. Testimony by a victim who is a child or a
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8 | moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally retarded person.
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9 | (a) In a proceeding in the prosecution of an offense
of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | child,
aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal
sexual | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a court may order | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | that
the testimony of a victim who is a child under
the age of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | 18 years or a moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally
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15 | retarded person be taken outside
the courtroom and shown in the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | courtroom by means of a closed
circuit television or videotape | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | if:
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18 | (1) the testimony is taken during the proceeding; and
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19 | (2) the parents of the victim or the prosecuting | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | attorney judge determines that testimony by the
child | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | victim or the moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally
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22 | retarded victim in the
courtroom will result in the child
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23 | or moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally retarded |
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1 | person
suffering serious emotional distress
such that the | ||||||
2 | child
or moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally | ||||||
3 | retarded person cannot
reasonably communicate or that
the | ||||||
4 | child or moderately, severely, or
profoundly
mentally | ||||||
5 | retarded person will
suffer severe emotional distress that | ||||||
6 | is likely to cause the child or
moderately, severely, or | ||||||
7 | profoundly mentally retarded person to suffer
severe | ||||||
8 | adverse effects.
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9 | (b) Only the prosecuting attorney, the attorney for the
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10 | defendant, and the judge may question the child or moderately, | ||||||
11 | severely,
or profoundly mentally retarded
person.
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12 | (c) The operators of the closed circuit television or | ||||||
13 | videocassette recorder shall make every
effort to be | ||||||
14 | unobtrusive.
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15 | (d) Only the following persons may be in the room with
the | ||||||
16 | child or moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally retarded | ||||||
17 | person
when the child or moderately,
severely, or profoundly | ||||||
18 | mentally retarded
person testifies by closed circuit
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19 | television or videotape :
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20 | (1) the prosecuting attorney;
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21 | (2) the attorney for the defendant;
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22 | (3) the judge;
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23 | (4) the operators of the closed circuit television | ||||||
24 | equipment; and
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25 | (5) any person or persons whose presence, in the | ||||||
26 | opinion of the court,
contributes to the well-being of
the |
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1 | child or moderately, severely, or profoundly mentally | ||||||
2 | retarded
person, including a person who has
dealt with the | ||||||
3 | child in a therapeutic setting concerning the abuse, a
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4 | parent
or guardian of the child or moderately, severely, or | ||||||
5 | profoundly
mentally retarded
person, and court security | ||||||
6 | personnel.
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7 | (e) During the child's or moderately, severely, or | ||||||
8 | profoundly
mentally retarded
person's testimony by closed | ||||||
9 | circuit television or videotape , the
defendant shall be in the | ||||||
10 | courtroom and shall not communicate with the jury
if the cause | ||||||
11 | is being heard before a jury.
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12 | (f) The defendant shall be allowed to communicate with
the | ||||||
13 | persons in the room where the child or moderately, severely, or
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14 | profoundly mentally retarded person
is testifying by any | ||||||
15 | appropriate electronic method.
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16 | (g) (Blank) The provisions of this Section do not apply if | ||||||
17 | the defendant
represents himself pro se .
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18 | (h) This Section may not be interpreted to preclude, for | ||||||
19 | purposes of
identification of a defendant, the presence of both | ||||||
20 | the victim and the
defendant in the courtroom at the same time.
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21 | (i) This Section applies to prosecutions pending on or | ||||||
22 | commenced on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
23 | of 1994.
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24 | (j) This amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly | ||||||
25 | applies to prosecutions pending on or commenced on or after
the | ||||||
26 | effective date of this amendatory of the 95th General Assembly. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 92-434, eff. 1-1-02.)
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