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90_HB1029
725 ILCS 5/115-20 new
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to permit
the admissibility of evidence of prior convictions of a
defendant for domestic battery, aggravated battery committed
against a family or household member, stalking, aggravated
stalking, or a violation of an order of protection in a
related criminal prosecution for any of these offenses when
the victim is the same person who was the victim of the
previous offense that resulted in conviction of the
defendant.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
2 adding Section 115-20.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
6 amended by adding Section 115-20 as follows:
7 (725 ILCS 5/115-20 new)
8 Sec. 115-20. Evidence of prior conviction. Evidence of
9 a prior conviction of a defendant for domestic battery,
10 aggravated battery committed against a family or household
11 member as defined in Section 112A-3, stalking, aggravated
12 stalking, or violation of an order of protection is
13 admissible in a later criminal prosecution for any of these
14 types of offenses when the victim is the same person who was
15 the victim of the previous offense that resulted in
16 conviction of the defendant.