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90_HB0759

      720 ILCS 5/3-3            from Ch. 38, par. 3-3
          Amends the Criminal Code  of  1961.   Makes  a  technical
      change  in provisions regarding multiple prosecutions for the
      same act.
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                                               LRB9002885SMdv
 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Section 3-3.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 3-3 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/3-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-3)
 8        Sec. 3-3. Multiple prosecutions for same act.
 9        (a)  When  the  same conduct of a defendant may establish
10    the commission of more than one offense, the defendant may be
11    prosecuted for each such offense.
12        (b)  If the several offenses  are  known  to  the  proper
13    prosecuting officer at the time of commencing the prosecution
14    and  are within the jurisdiction of a single court, they must
15    be prosecuted in a single prosecution, except as provided  in
16    Subsection (c), if they are based on the same act.
17        (c)  When  2  or more offenses are charged as required by
18    Subsection (b), the court in  the  interest  of  justice  may
19    order  that  one  or  more of the such charges shall be tried
20    separately.
21    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

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