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90_HB1558eng

      730 ILCS 5/5-8-4          from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4
          Amends the Unified Code  of  Corrections.   Requires  the
      imposition of consecutive sentences on a defendant in certain
      cases  for  offenses  that  were  not  committed as part of a
      single  course  of  conduct  during  which   there   was   no
      substantial  change  in  the nature of the criminal objective
      and  eliminates  the  limitation  that   the   aggregate   of
      consecutive sentences shall not exceed the sum of the maximum
      terms  authorized  for extended term sentences for the 2 most
      serious felonies for offenses that were not committed as part
      of a single course of  conduct  during  which  there  was  no
      substantial  change  in the nature of the criminal objective.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  by
 2    changing Section 5-8-4.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Section 5-8-4 as follows:
 7        (730 ILCS 5/5-8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-4)
 8        Sec.  5-8-4.   Concurrent  and   Consecutive   Terms   of
 9    Imprisonment.
10        (a)  When  multiple sentences of imprisonment are imposed
11    on  a  defendant  at  the  same  time,  or  when  a  term  of
12    imprisonment is imposed on a defendant who is already subject
13    to sentence in this State or  in  another  state,  or  for  a
14    sentence  imposed by any district court of the United States,
15    the sentences shall  run  concurrently  or  consecutively  as
16    determined  by  the  court.  When  a  term of imprisonment is
17    imposed on a defendant by an Illinois circuit court  and  the
18    defendant is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment
19    by another state or by a district court of the United States,
20    the  Illinois  circuit  court  which imposed the sentence may
21    order that the Illinois sentence be made concurrent with  the
22    sentence  imposed by the other state or district court of the
23    United States. The defendant must apply to the circuit  court
24    within  30 days after the defendant's sentence imposed by the
25    other state or district of the United  States  is  finalized.
26    The court shall not impose consecutive sentences for offenses
27    which  were  committed  as part of a single course of conduct
28    during which there was no substantial change in the nature of
29    the criminal objective, unless, one of the offenses for which
30    defendant was convicted was a Class X or Class 1  felony  and
31    the  defendant  inflicted  severe bodily injury, or where the
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 1    defendant was convicted of  a  violation  of  Section  12-13,
 2    12-14,  or  12-14.1  of  the  Criminal Code of 1961, in which
 3    event the court shall enter sentences to  run  consecutively.
 4    Sentences  shall  run concurrently unless otherwise specified
 5    by the court.
 6        (b)  The court shall not impose  a  consecutive  sentence
 7    except  as  provided  for  in  subsection  (a) unless, having
 8    regard to the nature and circumstances of the offense and the
 9    history and character of the defendant, it is of the  opinion
10    that  such  a  term  is  required  to protect the public from
11    further criminal conduct by  the  defendant,  the  basis  for
12    which the court shall set forth in the record; except that no
13    such  finding  or opinion is required when multiple sentences
14    of imprisonment are imposed on a defendant for offenses  that
15    were  not  committed  as  part  of a single course of conduct
16    during which there was no substantial change in the nature of
17    the criminal objective, and one of the offenses for which the
18    defendant was convicted was a Class X or Class 1  felony  and
19    the  defendant  inflicted  severe  bodily injury, or when the
20    defendant was convicted of  a  violation  of  Section  12-13,
21    12-14,  or  12-14.1  of  the  Criminal Code of 1961, in which
22    event the Court shall enter sentences to run consecutively.
23        (c) (1)  For sentences imposed under law in effect  prior
24        to  February 1, 1978 the aggregate maximum of consecutive
25        sentences shall not exceed the  maximum  term  authorized
26        under  Section  5-8-1  for  the  2  most serious felonies
27        involved.  The aggregate minimum  period  of  consecutive
28        sentences  shall  not  exceed  the  highest  minimum term
29        authorized under Section 5-8-1 for  the  2  most  serious
30        felonies  involved. When sentenced only for misdemeanors,
31        a defendant shall not be consecutively sentenced to  more
32        than the maximum for one Class A misdemeanor.
33             (2)  For  sentences  imposed under the law in effect
34        on  or  after  February  1,  1978,   the   aggregate   of
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 1        consecutive sentences for offenses that were committed as
 2        part of a single course of conduct during which there was
 3        no  substantial  change  in  the  nature  of the criminal
 4        objective shall not exceed the sum of the  maximum  terms
 5        authorized  under  Section  5-8-2  for the 2 most serious
 6        felonies involved, but no such limitation shall apply for
 7        offenses that were not committed  as  part  of  a  single
 8        course  of  conduct during which there was no substantial
 9        change in the nature of the  criminal  objective.    When
10        sentenced only for misdemeanors, a defendant shall not be
11        consecutively  sentenced to more than the maximum for one
12        Class A misdemeanor.
13        (d)  An offender serving a sentence for a misdemeanor who
14    is convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment  shall
15    be  transferred  to  the  Department  of Corrections, and the
16    misdemeanor sentence shall be merged in and run  concurrently
17    with the felony sentence.
18        (e)  In  determining  the  manner  in  which  consecutive
19    sentences  of  imprisonment,  one  or  more of which is for a
20    felony, will be served, the Department of  Corrections  shall
21    treat  the  offender  as  though  he had been committed for a
22    single term with the following incidents:
23             (1)  the maximum period of a  term  of  imprisonment
24        shall  consist  of  the  aggregate of the maximums of the
25        imposed indeterminate terms, if any, plus  the  aggregate
26        of  the  imposed  determinate sentences for felonies plus
27        the aggregate of the imposed  determinate  sentences  for
28        misdemeanors subject to paragraph (c) of this Section;
29             (2)  the parole or mandatory supervised release term
30        shall be as provided in paragraph (e) of Section 5-8-1 of
31        this Code for the most serious of the offenses involved;
32             (3)  the minimum period of imprisonment shall be the
33        aggregate  of  the  minimum  and  determinate  periods of
34        imprisonment imposed by the court, subject  to  paragraph
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 1        (c) of this Section; and
 2             (4)  the  offender  shall  be awarded credit against
 3        the aggregate maximum term and the aggregate minimum term
 4        of imprisonment for all time  served  in  an  institution
 5        since  the commission of the offense or offenses and as a
 6        consequence thereof at  the  rate  specified  in  Section
 7        3-6-3 of this Code.
 8        (f)  A   sentence   of   an  offender  committed  to  the
 9    Department of Corrections at the time of  the  commission  of
10    the offense shall be served consecutive to the sentence under
11    which  he  is held by the Department of Corrections. However,
12    in case such offender shall be  sentenced  to  punishment  by
13    death,  the  sentence  shall  be executed at such time as the
14    court may fix without regard to the sentence under which such
15    offender may be held by the Department.
16        (g)  A  sentence  under  Section  3-6-4  for  escape   or
17    attempted  escape  shall  be  served consecutive to the terms
18    under which  the  offender  is  held  by  the  Department  of
19    Corrections.
20        (h)  If a person charged with a felony commits a separate
21    felony while on pre-trial release or in pretrial detention in
22    a  county  jail  facility  or  county detention facility, the
23    sentences imposed upon conviction of these felonies shall  be
24    served  consecutively  regardless  of  the order in which the
25    judgments of conviction are entered.
26        (i)  If a person admitted to bail following conviction of
27    a felony commits a separate felony while free on bond or if a
28    person detained in a county jail facility or county detention
29    facility following conviction of a felony commits a  separate
30    felony  while in detention, any sentence following conviction
31    of the separate felony shall be consecutive to  that  of  the
32    original  sentence  for  which  the  defendant was on bond or
33    detained.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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