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92_SB2084

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 5-402 as follows:

 6        (705 ILCS 405/5-402 new)
 7        Sec. 5-402. Lineup identification procedures.
 8        (1)  Legislative  intent.  Whereas  the  goal of a police
 9    investigation is to apprehend the minor or minors responsible
10    for committing a crime or crimes, and  whereas  studies  have
11    shown  that  the sequential method for photo and live lineups
12    increases  the  accuracy  of  positive  identifications,  the
13    sequential method for lineup  procedures  shall  be  utilized
14    whenever possible.
15        (2)  Lineup procedures.
16             (a)  For  any offense alleged to have been committed
17        on or after  July  1,  2003,  the  lineup  identification
18        procedure shall be presented in the sequential method, in
19        which  a  witness  is  shown lineup participants one at a
20        time. The witness shall be requested to state whether the
21        individual shown is the minor accused of a  violation  of
22        law,  prior  to viewing the next lineup participant. Only
23        one member of the lineup shall  be  a  suspect,  and  the
24        remainder  shall  be  "fillers" who are not suspects, but
25        fit the general description of the suspect.
26             (b)  Whenever  possible,  the  lineup  administrator
27        shall be someone who is not aware of which member of  the
28        lineup  is  the  suspect in the case. Prior to presenting
29        the  lineup  using  the  sequential  method,  the  lineup
30        administrator shall:
31                  (i)  inform the witness that the accused  minor
 
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 1             may or may not be among those shown, and the witness
 2             should not feel compelled to make an identification;
 3             and
 4                  (ii)  inform  the  witness  that he or she will
 5             view individuals one at a time and will be requested
 6             to state whether the individual shown is  the  minor
 7             accused  of a violation of law, prior to viewing the
 8             next lineup participant.
 9             (c)  During the  lineup,  the  lineup  administrator
10        shall  ask  the  witness to state in his or her own words
11        how sure he or she is that the person identified  is  the
12        actual  suspect, and make the witness's words part of the
13        record.
14             (d)  This Section applies to any live  lineups  that
15        are  composed  and  presented at a police station, and to
16        all photo lineups regardless of where presented.

17        Section 10. The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
18    amended by adding Article 107A as follows:

19        (725 ILCS 5/ Art. 107A heading new)
20                   ARTICLE 107A. LINEUP PROCEDURES

21        (725 ILCS 5/107A-5 new)
22        Sec.  107A-5.  Legislative intent.  Whereas the goal of a
23    police investigation is to apprehend the  person  or  persons
24    responsible  for  committing  a  crime or crimes, and whereas
25    studies have shown that the sequential method for  photo  and
26    live    lineups    increases   the   accuracy   of   positive
27    identifications, the sequential method for lineup  procedures
28    shall be utilized whenever possible.

29        (725 ILCS 5/107A-10 new)
30        Sec. 107A-10. Lineup procedures.
 
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 1        (a)  For any offense alleged to have been committed on or
 2    after July 1, 2003, the lineup identification procedure shall
 3    be  presented in the sequential method, in which a witness is
 4    shown lineup participants one at a time. The witness shall be
 5    requested to  state  whether  the  individual  shown  is  the
 6    perpetrator  of  the  crime, prior to viewing the next lineup
 7    participant. Only  one  member  of  the  lineup  shall  be  a
 8    suspect,  and  the  remainder  shall be "fillers" who are not
 9    suspects, but fit the general description of the suspect.
10        (b)  Whenever possible, the lineup administrator shall be
11    someone who is not aware of which member of the lineup is the
12    suspect in the case. Prior to presenting the lineup using the
13    sequential method, the lineup administrator shall:
14             (1)  inform the witness that the perpetrator may  or
15        may  not be among those shown, and the witness should not
16        feel compelled to make an identification; and
17             (2)  Inform the witness that he  or  she  will  view
18        individuals  one at a time and will be requested to state
19        whether the individual shown is the  perpetrator  of  the
20        crime, prior to viewing the next lineup participant.
21        (c)  During  the  lineup,  the lineup administrator shall
22    ask the witness to state in his or her own words how sure  he
23    or  she  is that the person identified is the actual suspect,
24    and make the witness's words part of the record.
25        (d)  This Section applies to any live  lineups  that  are
26    composed  and presented at a police station, and to all photo
27    lineups regardless of where presented.

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