093_HB0568eng HB0568 Engrossed LRB093 05566 MBS 05658 b 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 5 changing Section 8-2 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-2) 7 Sec. 8-2. Conspiracy. 8 (a) Elements of the offense. A person commits conspiracy 9 when, with intent that an offense be committed, he agrees 10 with another to the commission of that offense. No person may 11 be convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense unless an act 12 in furtherance of such agreement is alleged and proved to 13 have been committed by him or by a co-conspirator. 14 (b) Co-conspirators. 15 It isshallnotbea defense to conspiracy that the 16 person or persons with whom the accused is alleged to have 17 conspired: 18 (1) Has not been prosecuted or convicted, or 19 (2) Has been convicted of a different offense, or 20 (3) Is not amenable to justice, or 21 (4) Has been acquitted, or 22 (5) Lacked the capacity to commit an offense. 23 (c) Sentence. 24 A person convicted of conspiracy may be fined or 25 imprisoned or both not to exceed the maximum provided for the 26 offense which is the object of the conspiracy, except that if 27 the object is an offense prohibited by Sections 11-15, 11-16, 28 11-17, 11-19, 24-1 (a) (1), 24-1 (a) (7), 28-1, 28-3 and 28-4 29 of the "Criminal Code of 1961", approved July 28, 1961, as 30 amended, or prohibited by Sections 404 or 406 (b) of the 31 "Illinois Controlled Substances Act", enacted by the 77th HB0568 Engrossed -2- LRB093 05566 MBS 05658 b 1 General Assembly, or an inchoate offense related to any of 2 the aforesaid principal offenses, the person convicted may be 3 sentenced for a Class 3 felony however, conspiracy to commit 4 treason, first degree murder, or aggravated kidnapping shall 5 not be sentenced in excess of a Class 2 felony, and 6 conspiracy to commit any offense other than those specified 7 in this subsection, and other than those set forth in 8 Sections 401, 402, or 407 of the Illinois Controlled 9 Substances Act, shall not be sentenced in excess of a Class 4 10 felony. 11 (Source: P.A. 86-809.)