Full Text of SB0211 99th General Assembly
SB0211eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 115-9.2 as follows: | 6 | | (725 ILCS 5/115-9.2 new) | 7 | | Sec. 115-9.2. Currency used in undercover investigation. | 8 | | (a) In a prosecution in which United States currency was | 9 | | used by a law enforcement officer or agency or by a person | 10 | | acting under the direction of a law enforcement officer or | 11 | | agency in an undercover investigation of an offense that has | 12 | | imprisonment as an available sentence for a violation of the | 13 | | offense, the court shall receive, as competent evidence, a | 14 | | photograph, photostatic copy, or photocopy of the currency used | 15 | | in the undercover investigation, if the photograph, | 16 | | photostatic copy, or photocopy: | 17 | | (1) will serve the purpose of demonstrating the nature | 18 | | of the currency; | 19 | | (2) the individual serial numbers of the currency are | 20 | | clearly visible or if the amount of currency exceeds $500 | 21 | | the individual serial numbers of a sample of 10% of the | 22 | | currency are clearly visible, and any identification marks | 23 | | placed on the currency by law enforcement as part of the |
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| 1 | | investigation are clearly visible; | 2 | | (3) complies with federal law, rule, or regulation | 3 | | requirements on photographs, photostatic copies, or | 4 | | photocopies of United States currency; and | 5 | | (4) is otherwise admissible into evidence under all | 6 | | other rules of law governing the admissibility of | 7 | | photographs, photostatic copies, or photocopies into | 8 | | evidence. | 9 | | (b) The fact that it is impractical to introduce into | 10 | | evidence the actual currency for any reason, including its | 11 | | size, weight, or unavailability, need not be established for | 12 | | the court to find a photograph, photostatic copy, or photocopy | 13 | | of that currency to be competent evidence. | 14 | | (c) If a photograph, photostatic copy, or photocopy is | 15 | | found to be competent evidence under this Section, it is | 16 | | admissible into evidence in place of the currency and to the | 17 | | same extent as the currency itself.
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