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90_SB1756
720 ILCS 5/18-5
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that
aggravated robbery includes indicating to the victim that the
offender is presently armed with a dangerous weapon,
including a knife, club, ax, or bludgeon (now only a
firearm).
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 18-5.
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 18-5 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/18-5)
8 Sec. 18-5. Aggravated robbery.
9 (a) A person commits aggravated robbery when he or she
10 takes property from the person or presence of another by the
11 use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force
12 while indicating verbally or by his or her actions to the
13 victim that he or she is presently armed with a firearm or
14 other dangerous weapon, including a knife, club, ax, or
15 bludgeon. This offense shall be applicable even though it is
16 later determined that he or she had no firearm or other
17 dangerous weapon, including a knife, club, ax, or bludgeon in
18 his or her possession when he or she committed the robbery.
19 (b) Sentence. Aggravated robbery is a Class 1 felony.
20 (Source: P.A. 88-144; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)