Full Text of SB3445 98th General Assembly
SB3445 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3445 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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720 ILCS 5/31-4 | from Ch. 38, par. 31-4 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that obstructing justice in furtherance of, or to avoid the consequences arising from, a: (1) Class X felony or first degree murder is a Class 1 felony; (2) Class 1 felony is a Class 2 felony; and (3) Class 2 felony is a Class 3 felony.
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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 Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 31-4 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
| 8 | | (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent | 9 | | the apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any | 10 | | person, he or she knowingly commits
any of the following acts:
| 11 | | (1) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical | 12 | | evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false | 13 | | information; or
| 14 | | (2) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the | 15 | | subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself or | 16 | | herself; or
| 17 | | (3) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at | 18 | | issue, he or she leaves the
State or conceals himself; or | 19 | | (4) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a | 20 | | child under 13 years of age reports materially false | 21 | | information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, | 22 | | coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency | 23 | | during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a |
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| 1 | | child under circumstances described in subsection (a) or | 2 | | (b) of Section 10-10 of this Code.
| 3 | | (b) Sentence.
| 4 | | (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as | 5 | | provided in
paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection (b).
| 6 | | (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang | 7 | | related or
gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10 | 8 | | of the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention | 9 | | Act, is a Class 3 felony.
| 10 | | (3) Obstructing justice in furtherance of, or to avoid | 11 | | the consequences arising from, a: | 12 | | (A) Class X felony or first degree murder is a | 13 | | Class 1 felony. | 14 | | (B) Class 1 felony is a Class 2 felony. | 15 | | (C) Class 2 felony is a Class 3 felony. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1079, eff. 1-1-13.)
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