101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1625

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/115-7.3

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that evidentiary requirements for cases in specified offenses also includes the attempt of any of those specified offenses.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 115-7.3 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/115-7.3)
7    Sec. 115-7.3. Evidence in certain cases.
8    (a) This Section applies to criminal cases in which:
9        (1) the defendant is accused of predatory criminal
10    sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual
11    assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
12    sexual abuse, criminal sexual abuse, child pornography,
13    aggravated child pornography, criminal transmission of
14    HIV, or child abduction as defined in paragraph (10) of
15    subsection (b) of Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961
16    or the Criminal Code of 2012 or attempt of any of these
17    offenses;
18        (2) the defendant is accused of battery, aggravated
19    battery, first degree murder, or second degree murder when
20    the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration
21    or sexual conduct as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the
22    Criminal Code of 2012 or attempt of any of these offenses;
23    or

 

 

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1        (3) the defendant is tried or retried for any of the
2    offenses formerly known as rape, deviate sexual assault,
3    indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated indecent
4    liberties with a child or attempt of any of these offenses.
5    (b) If the defendant is accused of an offense set forth in
6paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) or the defendant is
7tried or retried for any of the offenses set forth in paragraph
8(3) of subsection (a), evidence of the defendant's commission
9of another offense or offenses set forth in paragraph (1), (2),
10or (3) of subsection (a), or evidence to rebut that proof or an
11inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence
12is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be
13considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is
14relevant.
15    (c) In weighing the probative value of the evidence against
16undue prejudice to the defendant, the court may consider:
17        (1) the proximity in time to the charged or predicate
18    offense;
19        (2) the degree of factual similarity to the charged or
20    predicate offense; or
21        (3) other relevant facts and circumstances.
22    (d) In a criminal case in which the prosecution intends to
23offer evidence under this Section, it must disclose the
24evidence, including statements of witnesses or a summary of the
25substance of any testimony, at a reasonable time in advance of
26trial, or during trial if the court excuses pretrial notice on

 

 

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1good cause shown.
2    (e) In a criminal case in which evidence is offered under
3this Section, proof may be made by specific instances of
4conduct, testimony as to reputation, or testimony in the form
5of an expert opinion, except that the prosecution may offer
6reputation testimony only after the opposing party has offered
7that testimony.
8    (f) In prosecutions for a violation of Section 10-2,
911-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-3.05, 12-4,
1012-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, or 18-5 of the Criminal
11Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, involving the
12involuntary delivery of a controlled substance to a victim, no
13inference may be made about the fact that a victim did not
14consent to a test for the presence of controlled substances.
15(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13;
1698-160, eff. 1-1-14.)