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Public Act 094-0560
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LRB094 05984 RLC 36040 b |
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
Section 9-3.3 as follows:
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(720 ILCS 5/9-3.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3.3)
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Sec. 9-3.3. Drug-induced homicide.
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(a) A person who violates Section
401 of
the Illinois |
Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a |
controlled
substance to another, and any person's death is |
caused by
person dies as a result of the injection,
inhalation |
or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance, |
commits the
offense of drug-induced homicide.
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(b) Sentence. Drug-induced homicide is a Class X felony.
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(c) A person who commits drug-induced homicide by violating |
subsection (a)
or subsection (c) of Section 401 of the Illinois |
Controlled Substances Act
commits a Class X felony for which |
the
defendant shall in addition to a sentence authorized by |
law, be sentenced
to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 |
years and not more than 30
years or an extended term of not |
less than 30 years and not more than 60 years.
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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-256, eff. 1-1-02.)
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