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Public Act 094-0715


 

Public Act 0715 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
Public Act 094-0715
 
SB0319 Enrolled LRB094 03400 RLC 33402 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
    Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of Imprisonment for Felony.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be a
determinate sentence set by the court under this Section,
according to the following limitations:
        (1) for first degree murder,
            (a) a term shall be not less than 20 years and not
        more than 60 years, or
            (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
        doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
        brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
        cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c)
        of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
        listed in subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal
        Code of 1961 are present, the court may sentence the
        defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
            (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
        term of natural life imprisonment when the death
        penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
                (i) has previously been convicted of first
            degree murder under any state or federal law, or
                (ii) is a person who, at the time of the
            commission of the murder, had attained the age of
            17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
            individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective
            of the defendant's age at the time of the
            commission of the offense, is found guilty of
            murdering more than one victim, or
                (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
            officer, or fireman, or emergency management
            worker when the peace officer, fireman, or
            emergency management worker was killed in the
            course of performing his official duties, or to
            prevent the peace officer or fireman from
            performing his official duties, or in retaliation
            for the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
            management worker from performing his official
            duties, and the defendant knew or should have known
            that the murdered individual was a peace officer,
            fireman, or emergency management worker, or
                (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
            of an institution or facility of the Department of
            Corrections, or any similar local correctional
            agency, when the employee was killed in the course
            of performing his official duties, or to prevent
            the employee from performing his official duties,
            or in retaliation for the employee performing his
            official duties, or
                (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
            medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
            medical assistance or first aid person while
            employed by a municipality or other governmental
            unit when the person was killed in the course of
            performing official duties or to prevent the
            person from performing official duties or in
            retaliation for performing official duties and the
            defendant knew or should have known that the
            murdered individual was an emergency medical
            technician - ambulance, emergency medical
            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
            medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
                (vi) is a person who, at the time of the
            commission of the murder, had not attained the age
            of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person
            under 12 years of age and the murder is committed
            during the course of aggravated criminal sexual
            assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
            kidnaping, or
                (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
            and the murder was committed by reason of any
            person's activity as a community policing
            volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
            activity as a community policing volunteer. For
            the purpose of this Section, "community policing
            volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
            Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
            For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
        technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
         intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
        paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
        Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
            (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while
            armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
            the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
                (ii) if, during the commission of the offense,
            the person personally discharged a firearm, 20
            years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
            imposed by the court;
                (iii) if, during the commission of the
            offense, the person personally discharged a
            firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
            permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
            death to another person, 25 years or up to a term
            of natural life shall be added to the term of
            imprisonment imposed by the court.
        (1.5) for second degree murder, a term shall be not
    less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;
        (2) for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
    Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
    sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
        (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances
    described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
    12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 12-14,
    paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1, or
    paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961, the sentence shall be a term of
    natural life imprisonment;
        (3) except as otherwise provided in the statute
    defining the offense, for a Class X felony, the sentence
    shall be not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years;
        (4) for a Class 1 felony, other than second degree
    murder, the sentence shall be not less than 4 years and not
    more than 15 years;
        (5) for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
    less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;
        (6) for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
    less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
        (7) for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
    less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
    (b) The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
enters in the case, as provided in Section 5-4-1 of this Code.
Those reasons may include any mitigating or aggravating factors
specified in this Code, or the lack of any such circumstances,
as well as any other such factors as the judge shall set forth
on the record that are consistent with the purposes and
principles of sentencing set out in this Code.
    (c) A motion to reduce a sentence may be made, or the court
may reduce a sentence without motion, within 30 days after the
sentence is imposed. A defendant's challenge to the correctness
of a sentence or to any aspect of the sentencing hearing shall
be made by a written motion filed within 30 days following the
imposition of sentence. However, the court may not increase a
sentence once it is imposed.
    If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, the
proponent of the motion shall exercise due diligence in seeking
a determination on the motion and the court shall thereafter
decide such motion within a reasonable time.
    If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then for
purposes of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall not be
considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce a
sentence has been decided by order entered by the trial court.
    A motion filed pursuant to this subsection shall not be
considered to have been timely filed unless it is filed with
the circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence is
imposed together with a notice of motion, which notice of
motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
    (d) Except where a term of natural life is imposed, every
sentence shall include as though written therein a term in
addition to the term of imprisonment. For those sentenced under
the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such term shall be
identified as a parole term. For those sentenced on or after
February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a mandatory
supervised release term. Subject to earlier termination under
Section 3-3-8, the parole or mandatory supervised release term
shall be as follows:
        (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except
    for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
    child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal
    sexual assault if committed convicted on or after the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
    Assembly July 1, 2005, 3 years;
        (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for
    the offense of criminal sexual assault if committed
    convicted on or after the effective date of this amendatory
    Act of the 94th General Assembly July 1, 2005, 2 years;
        (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
        (4) for defendants who commit the offense convicted of
    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
    criminal sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or
    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
    General Assembly July 1, 2005, the term of mandatory
    supervised release shall range from a minimum of 3 years to
    a maximum of the natural life of the defendant;
        (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
    second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
    abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
    the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
    electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
    Chapter V of this Code.
    (e) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
of imprisonment imposed by another state or by any district
court of the United States and who, after sentence for a crime
in Illinois, must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
may have his sentence by the Illinois court ordered to be
concurrent with the prior sentence in the other state. The
court may order that any time served on the unexpired portion
of the sentence in the other state, prior to his return to
Illinois, shall be credited on his Illinois sentence. The other
state shall be furnished with a copy of the order imposing
sentence which shall provide that, when the offender is
released from confinement of the other state, whether by parole
or by termination of sentence, the offender shall be
transferred by the Sheriff of the committing county to the
Illinois Department of Corrections. The court shall cause the
Department of Corrections to be notified of such sentence at
the time of commitment and to be provided with copies of all
records regarding the sentence.
    (f) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court for a
crime in this State and who is subsequently sentenced to a term
of imprisonment by another state or by any district court of
the United States and who has served a term of imprisonment
imposed by the other state or district court of the United
States, and must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
imposed by the Illinois Circuit Court may apply to the court
which imposed sentence to have his sentence reduced.
    The circuit court may order that any time served on the
sentence imposed by the other state or district court of the
United States be credited on his Illinois sentence. Such
application for reduction of a sentence under this subsection
(f) shall be made within 30 days after the defendant has
completed the sentence imposed by the other state or district
court of the United States.
(Source: P.A. 94-165, eff. 7-11-05; 94-243, eff. 1-1-06;
revised 8-19-05.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 12/13/2005