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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2400
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2400  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to criminal law."; and
 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:
 7        "Section 5.  The Criminal Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 8    changing Sections 9-1, 12-2, 12-4, 12-4.2, 12-6.2, and 24-1.2
 9    and adding Section 2-3.5 as follows:
10        (720 ILCS 5/2-3.5 new)
11        Sec.   2-3.5.  "Community  policing  volunteer"  means  a
12    person who is summoned or directed by a peace officer or  any
13    person actively participating in a community policing program
14    and  who  is engaged in lawful conduct intended to assist any
15    unit of government in enforcing any criminal  or  civil  law.
16    For the purpose of this Section, "community policing program"
17    means  any  plan,  system  or  strategy  established  by  and
18    conducted  under  the auspices of a law enforcement agency in
19    which citizens participate with and are  guided  by  the  law
20    enforcement  agency  and  work with members of that agency to
21    reduce or prevent crime within a defined geographic area.
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 1        (720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
 2        Sec.  9-1.  First  degree  Murder  -  Death  penalties  -
 3    Exceptions - Separate Hearings - Proof - Findings - Appellate
 4    procedures - Reversals.
 5        (a)  A person who  kills  an  individual  without  lawful
 6    justification  commits  first degree murder if, in performing
 7    the acts which cause the death:
 8             (1)  he either intends to kill or  do  great  bodily
 9        harm  to  that  individual or another, or knows that such
10        acts will cause death to that individual or another; or
11             (2)  he  knows  that  such  acts  create  a   strong
12        probability  of  death  or  great  bodily  harm  to  that
13        individual or another; or
14             (3)  he  is  attempting  or  committing  a  forcible
15        felony other than second degree murder.
16        (b)  Aggravating Factors.  A defendant who at the time of
17    the  commission  of the offense has attained the age of 18 or
18    more and who has been found guilty of first degree murder may
19    be sentenced to death if:
20             (1)  the murdered individual was a peace officer  or
21        fireman  killed  in the course of performing his official
22        duties,  to  prevent  the  performance  of  his  official
23        duties, or in retaliation  for  performing  his  official
24        duties,  and the defendant knew or should have known that
25        the murdered individual was a peace officer  or  fireman;
26        or
27             (2)  the  murdered  individual was an employee of an
28        institution or facility of the Department of Corrections,
29        or any similar local correctional agency, killed  in  the
30        course  of performing his official duties, to prevent the
31        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
32        performing  his  official   duties,   or   the   murdered
33        individual  was an inmate at such institution or facility
34        and was killed on the grounds thereof,  or  the  murdered
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 1        individual  was  otherwise present in such institution or
 2        facility with the knowledge and  approval  of  the  chief
 3        administrative officer thereof; or
 4             (3)  the  defendant  has been convicted of murdering
 5        two or more individuals  under  subsection  (a)  of  this
 6        Section  or  under any law of the United States or of any
 7        state which is substantially similar to subsection (a) of
 8        this Section regardless  of whether the  deaths  occurred
 9        as  the  result  of the same act or of several related or
10        unrelated acts so long as the deaths were the  result  of
11        either  an  intent  to  kill  more  than one person or of
12        separate acts which the defendant knew would cause  death
13        or  create  a strong probability of death or great bodily
14        harm to the murdered individual or another; or
15             (4)  the murdered individual was killed as a  result
16        of  the  hijacking  of  an  airplane, train, ship, bus or
17        other public conveyance; or
18             (5)  the defendant committed the murder pursuant  to
19        a contract, agreement or understanding by which he was to
20        receive   money  or  anything  of  value  in  return  for
21        committing the murder or procured another to  commit  the
22        murder for money or anything of value; or
23             (6)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  in  the
24        course of another felony if:
25                  (a)  the murdered individual:
26                       (i)  was actually killed by the defendant,
27                  or
28                       (ii)  received      physical      injuries
29                  personally    inflicted    by   the   defendant
30                  substantially contemporaneously  with  physical
31                  injuries  caused  by  one  or  more persons for
32                  whose  conduct   the   defendant   is   legally
33                  accountable under Section 5-2 of this Code, and
34                  the  physical  injuries inflicted by either the
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 1                  defendant or the other person  or  persons  for
 2                  whose  conduct he is legally accountable caused
 3                  the death of the murdered individual; and
 4                  (b)  in performing the acts  which  caused  the
 5             death  of  the murdered individual or which resulted
 6             in physical injuries  personally  inflicted  by  the
 7             defendant  on  the  murdered  individual  under  the
 8             circumstances  of  subdivision  (ii) of subparagraph
 9             (a) of paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (b)  of  this
10             Section, the defendant acted with the intent to kill
11             the  murdered  individual or with the knowledge that
12             his acts created a strong probability  of  death  or
13             great  bodily  harm  to  the  murdered individual or
14             another; and
15                  (c)  the other felony was one of the following:
16             armed robbery, armed  violence,  robbery,  predatory
17             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
18             criminal   sexual  assault,  aggravated  kidnapping,
19             aggravated vehicular hijacking, forcible  detention,
20             arson,   aggravated   arson,   aggravated  stalking,
21             burglary,  residential  burglary,   home   invasion,
22             calculated  criminal  drug  conspiracy as defined in
23             Section 405 of the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances
24             Act,  streetgang criminal drug conspiracy as defined
25             in  Section  405.2  of   the   Illinois   Controlled
26             Substances  Act, or the attempt to commit any of the
27             felonies listed in this subsection (c); or
28             (7)  the murdered individual was under 12  years  of
29        age  and  the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
30        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
31             (8)  the defendant committed the murder with  intent
32        to prevent the murdered individual from testifying in any
33        criminal prosecution or giving material assistance to the
34        State in any investigation or prosecution, either against
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 1        the  defendant or another; or the defendant committed the
 2        murder because the murdered individual was a  witness  in
 3        any  prosecution or gave material assistance to the State
 4        in any investigation or prosecution, either  against  the
 5        defendant or another; or
 6             (9)  the  defendant,  while  committing  an  offense
 7        punishable  under Sections 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405, 405.2,
 8        407 or 407.1 or subsection (b)  of  Section  404  of  the
 9        Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or while engaged in a
10        conspiracy   or  solicitation  to  commit  such  offense,
11        intentionally  killed   an   individual   or   counseled,
12        commanded,  induced,  procured  or caused the intentional
13        killing of the murdered individual; or
14             (10)  the   defendant   was   incarcerated   in   an
15        institution or facility of the Department of  Corrections
16        at  the  time  of  the  murder,  and  while committing an
17        offense punishable as a felony  under  Illinois  law,  or
18        while  engaged  in a conspiracy or solicitation to commit
19        such  offense,  intentionally  killed  an  individual  or
20        counseled, commanded, induced,  procured  or  caused  the
21        intentional killing of the murdered individual; or
22             (11)  the murder was committed in a cold, calculated
23        and  premeditated manner pursuant to a preconceived plan,
24        scheme or design to take a human life by unlawful  means,
25        and  the  conduct  of  the defendant created a reasonable
26        expectation that the death of a human being would  result
27        therefrom; or
28             (12)  the   murdered  individual  was  an  emergency
29        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
30        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
31        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
32        or first aid personnel, employed  by  a  municipality  or
33        other   governmental   unit,  killed  in  the  course  of
34        performing  his   official   duties,   to   prevent   the
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 1        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
 2        performing his official duties, and the defendant knew or
 3        should  have  known  that  the murdered individual was an
 4        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
 5        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
 6        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
 7        medical assistance or first aid personnel; or
 8             (13)  the defendant was a  principal  administrator,
 9        organizer,  or  leader  of  a  calculated  criminal  drug
10        conspiracy  consisting  of  a  hierarchical  position  of
11        authority  superior  to  that of all other members of the
12        conspiracy,  and  the  defendant  counseled,   commanded,
13        induced,  procured,  or caused the intentional killing of
14        the murdered person; or
15             (14)  the murder was intentional  and  involved  the
16        infliction  of  torture.  For the purpose of this Section
17        torture means the infliction of or subjection to  extreme
18        physical  pain,  motivated  by  an  intent to increase or
19        prolong the pain, suffering or agony of the victim; or
20             (15)  the murder was committed as a  result  of  the
21        intentional  discharge of a firearm by the defendant from
22        a motor vehicle and the victim was not present within the
23        motor vehicle; or
24             (16)  the murdered individual was 60 years of age or
25        older and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
26        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
27             (17)  the murdered individual was a disabled  person
28        and  the  defendant  knew  or  should have known that the
29        murdered individual was disabled.  For purposes  of  this
30        paragraph  (17),  "disabled  person"  means  a person who
31        suffers from a permanent physical  or  mental  impairment
32        resulting from disease, an injury, a functional disorder,
33        or   a  congenital  condition  that  renders  the  person
34        incapable of adequately providing  for  his  or  her  own
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 1        health or personal care; or.
 2             (18)  the  murder  was  committed  by  reason of any
 3        person's activity as a community policing volunteer or to
 4        prevent  any  person  from  engaging  in  activity  as  a
 5        community policing volunteer.
 6        (c)  Consideration  of   factors   in   Aggravation   and
 7    Mitigation.
 8        The  court  shall consider, or shall instruct the jury to
 9    consider any aggravating and any mitigating factors which are
10    relevant to the imposition of the death penalty.  Aggravating
11    factors may include but need not be limited to those  factors
12    set  forth  in subsection (b). Mitigating factors may include
13    but need not be limited to the following:
14             (1)  the defendant has  no  significant  history  of
15        prior criminal activity;
16             (2)  the  murder  was  committed while the defendant
17        was under the influence of extreme  mental  or  emotional
18        disturbance, although not such as to constitute a defense
19        to prosecution;
20             (3)  the  murdered  individual  was a participant in
21        the defendant's homicidal conduct  or  consented  to  the
22        homicidal act;
23             (4)  the  defendant  acted  under  the compulsion of
24        threat or menace of the imminent infliction of  death  or
25        great bodily harm;
26             (5)  the defendant was not personally present during
27        commission of the act or acts causing death.
28        (d)  Separate sentencing hearing.
29        Where  requested  by the State, the court shall conduct a
30    separate sentencing proceeding to determine the existence  of
31    factors  set  forth  in  subsection  (b)  and to consider any
32    aggravating or mitigating factors as indicated in  subsection
33    (c).  The proceeding shall be conducted:
34             (1)  before the jury that determined the defendant's
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 1        guilt; or
 2             (2)  before a jury impanelled for the purpose of the
 3        proceeding if:
 4                  A.  the  defendant was convicted upon a plea of
 5             guilty; or
 6                  B.  the defendant was convicted after  a  trial
 7             before the court sitting without a jury; or
 8                  C.  the  court  for good cause shown discharges
 9             the jury that determined the defendant's guilt; or
10             (3)  before the court alone if the defendant  waives
11        a jury for the separate proceeding.
12        (e)  Evidence and Argument.
13        During  the proceeding any information relevant to any of
14    the factors set forth in subsection (b) may be  presented  by
15    either  the  State or the defendant under the rules governing
16    the  admission  of  evidence   at   criminal   trials.    Any
17    information relevant to any additional aggravating factors or
18    any  mitigating  factors  indicated  in subsection (c) may be
19    presented  by  the  State  or  defendant  regardless  of  its
20    admissibility under the  rules  governing  the  admission  of
21    evidence  at  criminal  trials.  The  State and the defendant
22    shall be given fair  opportunity  to  rebut  any  information
23    received at the hearing.
24        (f)  Proof.
25        The  burden of proof of establishing the existence of any
26    of the factors set forth in subsection (b) is  on  the  State
27    and  shall  not  be  satisfied  unless  established  beyond a
28    reasonable doubt.
29        (g)  Procedure - Jury.
30        If at the separate sentencing proceeding the  jury  finds
31    that  none of the factors set forth in subsection (b) exists,
32    the  court  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term   of
33    imprisonment   under   Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
34    Corrections.  If there is a unanimous  finding  by  the  jury
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 1    that  one  or more of the factors set forth in subsection (b)
 2    exist, the jury shall  consider  aggravating  and  mitigating
 3    factors  as  instructed  by  the  court  and  shall determine
 4    whether the sentence of death shall be imposed.  If the  jury
 5    determines  unanimously  that there are no mitigating factors
 6    sufficient to preclude the imposition of the death  sentence,
 7    the court shall sentence the defendant to death.
 8        Unless  the  jury  unanimously  finds  that  there are no
 9    mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the  imposition  of
10    the  death sentence the court shall sentence the defendant to
11    a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
12    Corrections.
13        (h)  Procedure - No Jury.
14        In a proceeding before the  court  alone,  if  the  court
15    finds  that  none  of  the  factors  found  in subsection (b)
16    exists, the court shall sentence the defendant to a  term  of
17    imprisonment   under  Chapter  V  of   the  Unified  Code  of
18    Corrections.
19        If the Court determines that one or more of  the  factors
20    set  forth in subsection (b) exists, the Court shall consider
21    any  aggravating  and  mitigating  factors  as  indicated  in
22    subsection (c).  If the Court determines that  there  are  no
23    mitigating  factors  sufficient to preclude the imposition of
24    the death sentence, the Court shall sentence the defendant to
25    death.
26        Unless the court  finds  that  there  are  no  mitigating
27    factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of the sentence
28    of death, the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
29    imprisonment   under   Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
30    Corrections.
31        (i)  Appellate Procedure.
32        The conviction and sentence of death shall be subject  to
33    automatic  review by the Supreme Court.  Such review shall be
34    in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court.
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 1        (j)  Disposition of reversed death sentence.
 2        In the event that the death penalty in this Act  is  held
 3    to  be  unconstitutional  by  the Supreme Court of the United
 4    States or of the State of Illinois, any person  convicted  of
 5    first degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to a term
 6    of  imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified Code of
 7    Corrections.
 8        In the event that any  death  sentence  pursuant  to  the
 9    sentencing   provisions   of   this   Section   is   declared
10    unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States or
11    of  the State of Illinois, the court having jurisdiction over
12    a person  previously  sentenced  to  death  shall  cause  the
13    defendant to be brought before the court, and the court shall
14    sentence the  defendant  to  a  term  of  imprisonment  under
15    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
16    (Source: P.A.  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-428, eff. 12-13-95;
17    89-462, eff. 5-29-96;  89-498,  eff.  6-27-96;  90-213,  eff.
18    1-1-98.)
19        (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
20        Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
21        (a)  A  person  commits  an  aggravated assault, when, in
22    committing an assault, he:
23             (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
24        and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
25        a firearm, other than by discharging  a  firearm  in  the
26        direction  of  another  person, a peace officer, a person
27        summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
28        officer  or  a  fireman  or in the direction of a vehicle
29        occupied by another person, a  peace  officer,  a  person
30        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
31        officer or a fireman while  the  officer  or  fireman  is
32        engaged  in  the execution of any of his official duties,
33        or to prevent the officer or fireman from performing  his
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 1        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation for the officer or
 2        fireman performing his official duties;
 3             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
 4        conceal his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured  and
 5        designed  to  be substantially similar in appearance to a
 6        firearm;
 7             (3)  Knows the individual assaulted to be a  teacher
 8        or  other  person employed in any school and such teacher
 9        or other employee is upon the  grounds  of  a  school  or
10        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
11        used for school purposes;
12             (4)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
13        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
14        in any  park  district  and  such  supervisor,  director,
15        instructor  or  other employee is upon the grounds of the
16        park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a
17        building used for park purposes;
18             (5)  Knows   the   individual   assaulted  to  be  a
19        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
20        State Department of Public Aid, a  County  Department  of
21        Public  Aid,  or the Department of Human Services (acting
22        as successor to the Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
23        under  the  Department  of  Human  Services Act) and such
24        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
25        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
26        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
27        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
28        aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
29        interviewed or investigated in the  employees'  discharge
30        of  his  duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in
31        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
32        or other such person resides or is located;
33             (6)  Knows the individual assaulted to  be  a  peace
34        officer,  or  a  community  policing  volunteer  a person
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 1        summoned and directed by him,  or  a  fireman  while  the
 2        officer  or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of
 3        his official duties, or to prevent the officer, community
 4        policing  volunteer,  or  fireman  from  performing   his
 5        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation  for  the officer,
 6        community policing volunteer, or fireman  performing  his
 7        official  duties, and the assault is committed other than
 8        by the discharge of a firearm in  the  direction  of  the
 9        officer  or  fireman  or  in  the  direction of a vehicle
10        occupied by the officer or fireman;
11             (7)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   an
12        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
13        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
14        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
15        assistance  or  first  aid  personnel   employed   by   a
16        municipality  or  other  governmental unit engaged in the
17        execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
18        the  emergency  medical technician - ambulance, emergency
19        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
20        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
21        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
22        his  official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
23        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
24        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
25        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
26        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
27             (8)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   the
28        driver,   operator,   employee   or   passenger   of  any
29        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
30        of  transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and   the
31        individual  assaulted is then performing in such capacity
32        or then using such public transportation as  a  passenger
33        or  using  any  area of any description designated by the
34        transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
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 1        departure, or transfer location;
 2             (9)  Or  the  individual  assaulted is on or about a
 3        public  way,  public  property,  or   public   place   of
 4        accommodation or amusement;
 5             (10)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  an
 6        employee  of  the  State   of   Illinois,   a   municipal
 7        corporation  therein  or a political subdivision thereof,
 8        engaged in the performance of his  authorized  duties  as
 9        such employee;
10             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
11        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
12             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
13        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
14             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
15             (14)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
16        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
17        execution of any of his or her  official  duties,  or  to
18        prevent  the  officer from performing his or her official
19        duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing  his
20        or her official duties; or
21             (15)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
22        correctional employee, while the employee is  engaged  in
23        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
24        prevent  the employee from performing his or her official
25        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
26        or her official duties,  and  the  assault  is  committed
27        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
28        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
29        by the employee.
30        (b)  Sentence.
31        Aggravated  assault  as defined in paragraphs (1) through
32    (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
33    a Class A misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault  as  defined  in
34    paragraphs  (13),  (14),  and  (15) of subsection (a) of this
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 1    Section is a Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in
 2    paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this Section is a Class  A
 3    misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in the commission of the
 4    assault.   Aggravated  assault as defined in paragraph (6) of
 5    subsection (a) of this Section is  a  Class  4  felony  if  a
 6    firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-406, eff. 8-15-97.)
 8        (720 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
 9        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
10        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
11    or   knowingly   causes   great  bodily  harm,  or  permanent
12    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
13        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
14    battery if he or she:
15             (1)  Uses  a  deadly  weapon  other  than   by   the
16        discharge of a firearm;
17             (2)  Is  hooded,  robed or masked, in such manner as
18        to conceal his identity;
19             (3)  Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher  or
20        other  person  employed in any school and such teacher or
21        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
22        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
23        for school purposes;
24             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
25        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
26        district  and  such  supervisor,  director, instructor or
27        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
28        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
29        for park purposes;
30             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
31        investigator,  or  other  person  employed  by  the State
32        Department of Public Aid, a County Department  of  Public
33        Aid,  or  the  Department  of  Human  Services (acting as
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 1        successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid  under
 2        the   Department   of   Human   Services  Act)  and  such
 3        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
 4        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
 5        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
 6        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
 7        aid applicant,  recipient,  or  any  other  person  being
 8        interviewed  or  investigated in the employee's discharge
 9        of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or  is  in
10        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
11        or other such person resides or is located;
12             (6)  Knows  the  individual  harmed  to  be  a peace
13        officer, a community policing volunteer, person  summoned
14        and   directed   by   a  peace  officer,  a  correctional
15        institution employee, or a fireman  while  such  officer,
16        volunteer,   employee   or  fireman  is  engaged  in  the
17        execution of any  official  duties  including  arrest  or
18        attempted  arrest,  or to prevent the officer, volunteer,
19        employee or fireman from performing official  duties,  or
20        in  retaliation  for  the officer, volunteer, employee or
21        fireman performing official duties, and  the  battery  is
22        committed other than by the discharge of a firearm;
23             (7)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an emergency
24        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
25        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
26        paramedic,  ambulance  driver or other medical assistance
27        or first aid personnel engaged in the performance of  any
28        of  his  or  her  official  duties,  or  to  prevent  the
29        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
30        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
31        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
32        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
33        official   duties,   or  in  retaliation  for  performing
34        official duties;
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 1             (8)  Is, or the person battered is, on  or  about  a
 2        public   way,   public   property   or  public  place  of
 3        accommodation or amusement;
 4             (9)  Knows the individual harmed to be  the  driver,
 5        operator,  employee  or  passenger  of any transportation
 6        facility  or  system   engaged   in   the   business   of
 7        transportation  of the public for hire and the individual
 8        assaulted is then performing in  such  capacity  or  then
 9        using  such public transportation as a passenger or using
10        any  area  of   any   description   designated   by   the
11        transportation  facility or system as a vehicle boarding,
12        departure, or transfer location;
13             (10)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
14        by  any  means  causes bodily harm to an individual of 60
15        years of age or older;
16             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
17             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
18        the person intended to harm as a result  of  the  judge's
19        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
20             (13)  Knows  the individual harmed to be an employee
21        of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and   Family
22        Services  engaged  in  the  performance of his authorized
23        duties as such employee;
24             (14)  Knows the individual harmed to be a person who
25        is physically handicapped; or
26             (15)  Knowingly and without legal justification  and
27        by any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains
28        the  person  for  an  alleged  commission of retail theft
29        under Section 16A-5 of this  Code.  In  this  item  (15),
30        "merchant"  has  the  meaning  ascribed  to it in Section
31        16A-2.4 of this Code.
32        For the purpose of paragraph (14) of  subsection  (b)  of
33    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
34    suffers    from    a   permanent   and   disabling   physical
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 1    characteristic, resulting from  disease,  injury,  functional
 2    disorder or congenital condition.
 3        (c)  A  person who administers to an individual or causes
 4    him to take, without his consent or by threat  or  deception,
 5    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
 6    poisonous,   stupefying,  narcotic  or  anesthetic  substance
 7    commits aggravated battery.
 8        (d)  A person who knowingly gives to another  person  any
 9    food  that  contains any substance or object that is intended
10    to  cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits   aggravated
11    battery.
12        (e)  Sentence.
13        Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-115, eff. 1-1-98.)
15        (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.2)
16        Sec. 12-4.2.  Aggravated Battery with a firearm.
17        (a)  A  person  commits aggravated battery with a firearm
18    when he, in committing a battery, knowingly or  intentionally
19    by  means  of  the  discharging  of  a firearm (1) causes any
20    injury to another person, or  (2)  causes  any  injury  to  a
21    person  he  knows to be a peace officer, a community policing
22    volunteer person summoned by a peace officer, a  correctional
23    institution  employee  or  a  fireman  while  the    officer,
24    volunteer, employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of
25    any  of  his  official  duties,  or  to  prevent the officer,
26    volunteer, employee or fireman from performing  his  official
27    duties,   or  in  retaliation  for  the  officer,  volunteer,
28    employee or fireman performing his official  duties,  or  (3)
29    causes  any  injury  to  a person he knows to be an emergency
30    medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical  technician
31    -  intermediate,  emergency  medical  technician - paramedic,
32    ambulance driver, or other medical assistance  or  first  aid
33    personnel,  employed  by a municipality or other governmental
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 1    unit, while the emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,
 2    emergency   medical   technician  -  intermediate,  emergency
 3    medical technician - paramedic, ambulance  driver,  or  other
 4    medical  assistance  or first aid personnel is engaged in the
 5    execution of any of his official duties, or  to  prevent  the
 6    emergency  medical  technician - ambulance, emergency medical
 7    technician - intermediate,  emergency  medical  technician  -
 8    paramedic,  ambulance  driver, or other medical assistance or
 9    first aid personnel from performing his official  duties,  or
10    in   retaliation  for  the  emergency  medical  technician  -
11    ambulance,  emergency  medical  technician  -   intermediate,
12    emergency  medical  technician - paramedic, ambulance driver,
13    or other medical assistance or first aid personnel performing
14    his official duties.
15        (b)  A violation of subsection (a) (1) of this Section is
16    a Class X felony.  A  violation  of  subsection  (a)  (2)  or
17    subsection  (a)  (3)  of this Section is a Class X felony for
18    which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
19    than 15 years and no more than 60 years.
20        (c)  For purposes of this Section, "firearm"  is  defined
21    as  in  "An  Act  relating to the acquisition, possession and
22    transfer of firearms and firearm  ammunition,  to  provide  a
23    penalty   for   the   violation   thereof   and  to  make  an
24    appropriation in connection therewith",  approved  August  1,
25    1967, as amended.
26    (Source: P.A. 87-921; 87-1256; 88-433; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)
27        (720 ILCS 5/12-6.2)
28        Sec. 12-6.2.  Aggravated intimidation.
29        (a)  A   person   commits   the   offense  of  aggravated
30    intimidation  when  he  or  she  commits   the   offense   of
31    intimidation and:
32             (1)  the person committed the offense in furtherance
33        of the activities of an organized gang or by the person's
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 1        membership in or allegiance to an organized gang; or
 2             (2)  the  offense  is  committed  with the intent to
 3        prevent any person from  becoming  a  community  policing
 4        volunteer; or
 5             (3)  the following conditions are met:
 6                  (A)  the person knew that the victim was: (i) a
 7             peace   officer,  (ii)  a  correctional  institution
 8             employee, (iii)  a  fireman;  or  (iv)  a  community
 9             policing volunteer; and
10                  (B)  the  offense was committed:  (i) while the
11             victim was engaged in the execution of  his  or  her
12             official  duties; or (ii) to prevent the victim from
13             performing his or  her  official  duties;  (iii)  in
14             retaliation  for  the victim's performance of his or
15             her official  duties;  or  (iv)  by  reason  of  any
16             person's activity as a community policing volunteer.
17             Any  streetgang  member  who  commits the offense of
18             intimidation in furtherance of the activities of  an
19             organized  gang  commits  the  offense of aggravated
20             intimidation.
21        (b)  Sentence.  Aggravated  intimidation  as  defined  in
22    paragraph   (a)(1)   is   a   Class   1  felony.   Aggravated
23    intimidation as defined in paragraph (a)(2) or  (a)(3)  is  a
24    Class  2  felony for which the offender may be sentenced to a
25    term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years nor  more  than
26    14 years.
27        (c)  For  the  purposes  of  this  Section, "streetgang",
28    "streetgang steetgang member", and "organized gang" have  the
29    meanings  ascribed  to  them  in  Section  10 of the Illinois
30    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-631, eff. 1-1-97; revised 7-7-97.)
32        (720 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.2)
33        Sec. 24-1.2.  Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
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 1        (a)  A person commits aggravated discharge of  a  firearm
 2    when he knowingly or intentionally:
 3             (1)  Discharges  a  firearm at or into a building he
 4        knows to be occupied and the firearm is discharged from a
 5        place or position outside that building;
 6             (2)  Discharges  a  firearm  in  the  direction   of
 7        another  person or in the direction of a vehicle he knows
 8        to be occupied;
 9             (3)  Discharges a firearm  in  the  direction  of  a
10        person  he  knows  to  be  a  peace  officer, a community
11        policing volunteer person summoned or directed by a peace
12        officer,  a  correctional  institution  employee,  or   a
13        fireman while the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman
14        is  engaged  in  the  execution  of  any  of his official
15        duties, or to prevent the officer, volunteer, employee or
16        fireman  from  performing  his  official  duties,  or  in
17        retaliation  for  the  officer,  volunteer,  employee  or
18        fireman performing his official duties;
19             (4)  Discharges a firearm  in  the  direction  of  a
20        vehicle  he  knows  to  be occupied by a peace officer, a
21        person  summoned  or  directed  by  a  peace  officer,  a
22        correctional institution employee or a fireman while  the
23        officer,  employee or fireman is engaged in the execution
24        of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
25        employee or fireman from performing his official  duties,
26        or  in  retaliation  for the officer, employee or fireman
27        performing his official duties;
28             (5)  Discharges a firearm  in  the  direction  of  a
29        person  he  knows to be an emergency medical technician -
30        ambulance, emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,
31        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
32        driver,  or  other  medical  assistance  or   first   aid
33        personnel,   employed   by   a   municipality   or  other
34        governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician
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 1        - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
 2        emergency  medical  technician  -  paramedic,   ambulance
 3        driver,   or   other  medical  assistance  or  first  aid
 4        personnel is engaged in  the  execution  of  any  of  his
 5        official  duties,  or  to  prevent  the emergency medical
 6        technician - ambulance, emergency  medical  technician  -
 7        intermediate,  emergency  medical technician - paramedic,
 8        ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance  or  first
 9        aid  personnel from performing his official duties, or in
10        retaliation  for  the  emergency  medical  technician   -
11        ambulance,  emergency  medical technician - intermediate,
12        emergency  medical  technician  -  paramedic,   ambulance
13        driver,   or   other  medical  assistance  or  first  aid
14        personnel performing his official duties; or
15             (6)  Discharges a firearm  in  the  direction  of  a
16        vehicle  he  knows to be occupied by an emergency medical
17        technician - ambulance, emergency  medical  technician  -
18        intermediate,  emergency medical technician - paramedic,,
19        ambulance driver, or other medical  assistance  or  first
20        aid  personnel,  employed  by  a  municipality  or  other
21        governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician
22        - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate,
23        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
24        driver,  or  other  medical  assistance  or   first   aid
25        personnel  is  engaged  in  the  execution  of any of his
26        official duties, or  to  prevent  the  emergency  medical
27        technician  -  ambulance,  emergency medical technician -
28        intermediate, emergency medical technician  -  paramedic,
29        ambulance  driver,  or  other medical assistance or first
30        aid personnel from performing his official duties, or  in
31        retaliation   for  the  emergency  medical  technician  -
32        ambulance, emergency medical technician  -  intermediate,
33        emergency   medical  technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance
34        driver,  or  other  medical  assistance  or   first   aid
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 1        personnel performing his official duties.
 2        (b)  A  violation   of  subsection (a) (1) or  subsection
 3    (a) (2) of this Section is a Class 1 felony.  A violation  of
 4    subsection  (a)  (3),  (a)  (4),  (a) (5), or (a) (6) of this
 5    Section is a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a
 6    term of imprisonment of no less than 10 years  and  not  more
 7    than 45 years.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-921; 88-433; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)
 9        Section  10.   The Unified Code of Corrections is amended
10    by changing Sections 5-5-3.2 and 5-8-1 as follows:
11        (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2)
12        Sec. 5-5-3.2.  Factors in Aggravation.
13        (a)  The following factors shall be  accorded  weight  in
14    favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
15    by  the  court  as  reasons  to impose a more severe sentence
16    under Section 5-8-1:
17             (1)  the defendant's conduct  caused  or  threatened
18        serious harm;
19             (2)  the   defendant   received   compensation   for
20        committing the offense;
21             (3)  the   defendant   has   a   history   of  prior
22        delinquency or criminal activity;
23             (4)  the defendant, by the duties of his  office  or
24        by  his  position,  was obliged to prevent the particular
25        offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
26        to justice;
27             (5)  the defendant held public office at the time of
28        the offense, and the offense related to  the  conduct  of
29        that office;
30             (6)  the   defendant   utilized   his   professional
31        reputation  or  position  in  the community to commit the
32        offense, or to afford him an easier means  of  committing
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 1        it;
 2             (7)  the  sentence is necessary to deter others from
 3        committing the same crime;
 4             (8)  the defendant committed the offense  against  a
 5        person  60  years  of  age  or  older  or  such  person's
 6        property;
 7             (9)  the  defendant  committed the offense against a
 8        person who is physically  handicapped  or  such  person's
 9        property;
10             (10)  by  reason  of  another individual's actual or
11        perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
12        sexual orientation, physical  or  mental  disability,  or
13        national  origin,  the  defendant  committed  the offense
14        against (i) the person or property  of  that  individual;
15        (ii)  the  person  or  property  of  a  person who has an
16        association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
17        the other individual; or (iii) the person or property  of
18        a  relative  (by blood or marriage) of a person described
19        in clause (i) or (ii).  For the purposes of this Section,
20        "sexual     orientation"      means      heterosexuality,
21        homosexuality, or bisexuality;
22             (11)  the  offense  took place in a place of worship
23        or on the grounds of  a  place  of  worship,  immediately
24        prior   to,   during  or  immediately  following  worship
25        services.  For purposes of this subparagraph,  "place  of
26        worship"  shall  mean  any  church,  synagogue  or  other
27        building, structure or place used primarily for religious
28        worship;
29             (12)  the   defendant  was  convicted  of  a  felony
30        committed while he  was  released  on  bail  or  his  own
31        recognizance  pending  trial  for  a prior felony and was
32        convicted of such prior  felony,  or  the  defendant  was
33        convicted  of  a  felony committed while he was serving a
34        period of probation, conditional discharge, or  mandatory
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 1        supervised  release under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1
 2        for a prior felony;
 3             (13)  the defendant committed or attempted to commit
 4        a felony while he was wearing a  bulletproof  vest.   For
 5        the  purposes  of this paragraph (13), a bulletproof vest
 6        is any device  which  is  designed  for  the  purpose  of
 7        protecting  the wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal
 8        projectiles;
 9             (14)  the defendant held  a  position  of  trust  or
10        supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
11        defined  in  Section  12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
12        teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day  care  worker,
13        in  relation  to  a victim under 18 years of age, and the
14        defendant committed an offense in  violation  of  Section
15        11-6,  11-11,  11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13,
16        12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the  Criminal  Code  of
17        1961 against that victim;
18             (15)  the  defendant committed an offense related to
19        the activities of an organized gang.  For the purposes of
20        this factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to
21        it in Section 10  of  the  Streetgang  Terrorism  Omnibus
22        Prevention Act;
23             (16)  the   defendant   committed   an   offense  in
24        violation of one of the following  Sections  while  in  a
25        school, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
26        any  conveyance  owned, leased, or contracted by a school
27        to transport students to  or  from  school  or  a  school
28        related activity; on the real property of a school; or on
29        a  public  way  within  1,000  feet  of the real property
30        comprising any school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-15.1,
31        11-17.1, 11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,  12-2, 12-4,  12-4.1,
32        12-4.2,  12-4.3,  12-6,  12-6.1,   12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
33        12-15, 12-16,  18-2, or 33A-2 of  the  Criminal  Code  of
34        1961;.
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 1             (17)  the  defendant committed the offense by reason
 2        of  any  person's  activity  as  a   community   policing
 3        volunteer  or  to  prevent  any  person  from engaging in
 4        activity as a  community  policing  volunteer.   For  the
 5        purpose  of  this Section, "community policing volunteer"
 6        has the meaning ascribed to it in Section  2-3.5  of  the
 7        Criminal Code of 1961.
 8        For  the purposes of this Section, "school" is defined as
 9    a public or private elementary or secondary school, community
10    college, college, or university.
11        (b)  The following factors may be considered by the court
12    as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under  Section
13    5-8-2 upon any offender:
14             (1)  When  a  defendant  is convicted of any felony,
15        after having been previously convicted in Illinois or any
16        other jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
17        greater class felony, when such conviction  has  occurred
18        within  10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
19        time spent in custody, and such  charges  are  separately
20        brought  and  tried  and arise out of different series of
21        acts; or
22             (2)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
23        the court finds  that  the  offense  was  accompanied  by
24        exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous behavior indicative of
25        wanton cruelty; or
26             (3)  When a  defendant  is  convicted  of  voluntary
27        manslaughter,    second    degree   murder,   involuntary
28        manslaughter or reckless homicide in which the  defendant
29        has  been convicted of causing the death of more than one
30        individual; or
31             (4)  When a defendant is  convicted  of  any  felony
32        committed against:
33                  (i)  a person under 12 years of age at the time
34             of the offense or such person's property;
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 1                  (ii)  a  person 60 years of age or older at the
 2             time of the offense or such person's property; or
 3                  (iii)  a person physically handicapped  at  the
 4             time of the offense or such person's property; or
 5             (5)  In   the  case  of  a  defendant  convicted  of
 6        aggravated criminal sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual
 7        assault,  when  the  court finds that aggravated criminal
 8        sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual  assault  was  also
 9        committed on  the  same  victim  by  one  or  more  other
10        individuals,  and  the defendant voluntarily participated
11        in the crime with the knowledge of the  participation  of
12        the  others in the crime, and the commission of the crime
13        was part of a single course of conduct during which there
14        was no substantial change in the nature of  the  criminal
15        objective; or
16             (6)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
17        the  offense  involved  any  of  the  following  types of
18        specific misconduct committed  as  part  of  a  ceremony,
19        rite,  initiation,  observance,  performance, practice or
20        activity  of  any   actual   or   ostensible   religious,
21        fraternal, or social group:
22                  (i)  the  brutalizing or torturing of humans or
23             animals;
24                  (ii)  the theft of human corpses;
25                  (iii)  the kidnapping of humans;
26                  (iv)  the   desecration   of   any    cemetery,
27             religious,    fraternal,   business,   governmental,
28             educational, or other building or property; or
29                  (v)  ritualized abuse of a child; or
30             (7)  When a defendant is convicted of  first  degree
31        murder,   after   having  been  previously  convicted  in
32        Illinois of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2)  of
33        Section  5-5-3,  when such conviction has occurred within
34        10 years after the previous  conviction,  excluding  time
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 1        spent in custody, and such charges are separately brought
 2        and tried and arise out of different series of acts; or
 3             (8)  When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
 4        than  conspiracy  and the court finds that the felony was
 5        committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
 6        to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
 7        the other individuals, occupied a position of  organizer,
 8        supervisor,   financier,   or   any   other  position  of
 9        management or leadership, and  the  court  further  finds
10        that   the   felony   committed  was  related  to  or  in
11        furtherance of the criminal activities  of  an  organized
12        gang or was motivated by the defendant's leadership in an
13        organized gang; or
14             (9)  When  a  defendant  is  convicted  of  a felony
15        violation of Section 24-1 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961
16        and  the court finds that the defendant is a member of an
17        organized gang.
18        (b-1)  For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang"
19    has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the  Illinois
20    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
21        (c)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
22    Section   5-8-2  upon  any  offender  who  was  convicted  of
23    aggravated criminal sexual assault where the victim was under
24    18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-377,  eff.  8-18-95;
26    89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-689 (Sections
27    65 and 115), eff. 12-31-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
28        (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
29        Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of Imprisonment for Felony.
30        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
31    the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be
32    a  determinate  sentence set by the court under this Section,
33    according to the following limitations:
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 1             (1)  for first degree murder,
 2                  (a)  a term shall be not less than 20 years and
 3             not more than 60 years, or
 4                  (b)  if the court finds  that  the  murder  was
 5             accompanied   by  exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous
 6             behavior indicative of wanton cruelty or, except  as
 7             set  forth  in subsection (a)(1)(c) of this Section,
 8             that  any  of  the  aggravating  factors  listed  in
 9             subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the  Criminal  Code
10             of  1961  are  present,  the  court may sentence the
11             defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
12                  (c)  the court shall sentence the defendant  to
13             a  term  of natural life imprisonment when the death
14             penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
15                       (i)  has  previously  been  convicted   of
16                  first  degree murder under any state or federal
17                  law, or
18                       (ii)  is a person who, at the time of  the
19                  commission  of the murder, had attained the age
20                  of 17 or more and is found guilty of  murdering
21                  an  individual  under  12  years  of  age;  or,
22                  irrespective of the defendant's age at the time
23                  of  the  commission  of  the  offense, is found
24                  guilty of murdering more than one victim, or
25                       (iii)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  a
26                  peace officer or fireman when the peace officer
27                  or  fireman  was  killed  in  the   course   of
28                  performing  his  official duties, or to prevent
29                  the peace officer or  fireman  from  performing
30                  his  official duties, or in retaliation for the
31                  peace  officer  or   fireman   performing   his
32                  official  duties,  and  the  defendant  knew or
33                  should have known that the murdered  individual
34                  was a peace officer or fireman, or
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 1                       (iv)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering  an
 2                  employee  of  an institution or facility of the
 3                  Department of Corrections, or any similar local
 4                  correctional  agency,  when  the  employee  was
 5                  killed in the course of performing his official
 6                  duties,  or  to  prevent  the   employee   from
 7                  performing   his   official   duties,   or   in
 8                  retaliation  for  the  employee  performing his
 9                  official duties, or
10                       (v)  is  found  guilty  of  murdering   an
11                  emergency   medical   technician  -  ambulance,
12                  emergency medical  technician  -  intermediate,
13                  emergency   medical   technician  -  paramedic,
14                  ambulance driver or other medical assistance or
15                  first  aid   person   while   employed   by   a
16                  municipality  or  other  governmental unit when
17                  the  person  was  killed  in  the   course   of
18                  performing  official  duties  or to prevent the
19                  person from performing official  duties  or  in
20                  retaliation  for performing official duties and
21                  the defendant knew or should  have  known  that
22                  the   murdered   individual  was  an  emergency
23                  medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency
24                  medical  technician  -  intermediate, emergency
25                  medical  technician  -   paramedic,   ambulance
26                  driver, or other medical assistant or first aid
27                  personnel, or
28                       (vi)  is  a person who, at the time of the
29                  commission of the murder, had not attained  the
30                  age  of  17, and is found guilty of murdering a
31                  person under 12 years of age and the murder  is
32                  committed   during  the  course  of  aggravated
33                  criminal  sexual   assault,   criminal   sexual
34                  assault, or aggravated kidnaping, or.
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 1                       (vii)  is  found  guilty  of  first degree
 2                  murder and the murder was committed  by  reason
 3                  of   any   person's  activity  as  a  community
 4                  policing volunteer or  to  prevent  any  person
 5                  from   engaging  in  activity  as  a  community
 6                  policing volunteer.  For the  purpose  of  this
 7                  Section, "community policing volunteer" has the
 8                  meaning  ascribed to it in Section 2-3.5 of the
 9                  Criminal Code of 1961.
10                  For purposes of clause (v), "emergency  medical
11             technician    -   ambulance",   "emergency   medical
12             technician  -  intermediate",   "emergency   medical
13             technician  - paramedic", have the meanings ascribed
14             to them in  the  Emergency  Medical  Services  (EMS)
15             Systems Act.
16             (1.5)  for second degree murder, a term shall be not
17        less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;
18             (2)  for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
19        Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
20        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
21             (2.5)  for    a    person    convicted   under   the
22        circumstances described in paragraph  (3)  of  subsection
23        (b)  of Section 12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of
24        Section 12-14, or paragraph  (2)  of  subsection  (b)  of
25        Section  12-14.1  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  the
26        sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
27             (3)  except  as  otherwise  provided  in the statute
28        defining the offense, for a Class X felony, the  sentence
29        shall  be  not  less  than  6  years and not more than 30
30        years;
31             (4)  for a Class 1 felony, other than second  degree
32        murder,  the  sentence shall be not less than 4 years and
33        not more than 15 years;
34             (5)  for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
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 1        less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;
 2             (6)  for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
 3        less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
 4             (7)  for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
 5        less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
 6        (b)  The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
 7    set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
 8    enters in the case, as provided  in  Section  5-4-1  of  this
 9    Code.    Those   reasons   may   include  any  mitigating  or
10    aggravating factors specified in this Code, or  the  lack  of
11    any  such circumstances, as well as any other such factors as
12    the judge shall set forth on the record that  are  consistent
13    with  the  purposes  and  principles of sentencing set out in
14    this Code.
15        (c)  A motion to reduce a sentence may be  made,  or  the
16    court  may  reduce  a sentence without motion, within 30 days
17    after the sentence is imposed.  A  defendant's  challenge  to
18    the  correctness  of  a  sentence  or  to  any  aspect of the
19    sentencing hearing shall be made by a  written  motion  filed
20    within   30   days  following  the  imposition  of  sentence.
21    However, the court may not increase a  sentence  once  it  is
22    imposed.
23        If  a  motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
24    filed within 30 days  after  the  sentence  is  imposed,  the
25    proponent  of  the  motion  shall  exercise  due diligence in
26    seeking a determination on the motion  and  the  court  shall
27    thereafter decide such motion within a reasonable time.
28        If  a  motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
29    filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then  for
30    purposes  of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall not
31    be considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce
32    a sentence has been decided by order  entered  by  the  trial
33    court.
34        A  motion  filed pursuant to this subsection shall not be
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 1    considered to have been timely filed unless it is filed  with
 2    the  circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence is
 3    imposed together with a notice of  motion,  which  notice  of
 4    motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
 5    certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
 6        (d)  Except  where  a  term  of  natural life is imposed,
 7    every sentence shall include as though written therein a term
 8    in addition to the term of imprisonment. For those  sentenced
 9    under  the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such term
10    shall be identified as a parole term.  For those sentenced on
11    or after February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a
12    mandatory  supervised  release  term.   Subject  to   earlier
13    termination  under  Section  3-3-8,  the  parole or mandatory
14    supervised release term shall be as follows:
15             (1)  for first degree murder or a Class X felony,  3
16        years;
17             (2)  for  a  Class  1  felony or a Class 2 felony, 2
18        years;
19             (3)  for a Class 3 felony or a  Class  4  felony,  1
20        year.
21        (e)  A   defendant  who  has  a  previous  and  unexpired
22    sentence of imprisonment imposed by another state or  by  any
23    district  court  of the United States and who, after sentence
24    for a crime in Illinois, must return to serve  the  unexpired
25    prior  sentence  may  have his sentence by the Illinois court
26    ordered to be concurrent with the prior sentence in the other
27    state. The court may  order  that  any  time  served  on  the
28    unexpired  portion  of the sentence in the other state, prior
29    to his return to Illinois, shall be credited on his  Illinois
30    sentence.  The  other state shall be furnished with a copy of
31    the order imposing sentence which shall  provide  that,  when
32    the offender is released from confinement of the other state,
33    whether by parole or by termination of sentence, the offender
34    shall  be transferred by the Sheriff of the committing county
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 1    to the Illinois Department of Corrections.  The  court  shall
 2    cause  the  Department  of Corrections to be notified of such
 3    sentence at the time of commitment and to  be  provided  with
 4    copies of all records regarding the sentence.
 5        (f)  A   defendant  who  has  a  previous  and  unexpired
 6    sentence of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court
 7    for a crime in this State and who is  subsequently  sentenced
 8    to a term of imprisonment by another state or by any district
 9    court  of  the  United  States  and  who has served a term of
10    imprisonment imposed by the other state or district court  of
11    the  United  States,  and must  return to serve the unexpired
12    prior sentence imposed by  the  Illinois  Circuit  Court  may
13    apply  to  the  court  which  imposed  sentence  to  have his
14    sentence reduced.
15        The circuit court may order that any time served  on  the
16    sentence  imposed by the other state or district court of the
17    United States be credited  on  his  Illinois  sentence.  Such
18    application   for    reduction   of  a  sentence  under  this
19    subsection (f)  shall  be  made  within  30  days  after  the
20    defendant  has  completed  the  sentence imposed by the other
21    state or district court of the United States.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-203, eff. 7-21-95;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;
23    89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 90-396, eff. 1-1-98.)".

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