HB2698 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 07810 RLC 37892 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2698

Introduced 2/21/2013, by Rep. Ann Williams

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/3-1

from Ch. 38, par. 3-1

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning presumption of innocence and proof of guilt.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing Section 3-1 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-1)

Sec. 3-1. Presumption of innocence and and proof of guilt.

Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No person shall be convicted of any offense unless his guilt thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)