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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  Criminal  Code  of  1961  is amended by
 5    changing Section 9-1 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
 7        Sec.  9-1.  First  degree  Murder  -  Death  penalties  -
 8    Exceptions - Separate Hearings - Proof - Findings - Appellate
 9    procedures - Reversals.
10        (a)  A person who  kills  an  individual  without  lawful
11    justification  commits  first degree murder if, in performing
12    the acts which cause the death:
13             (1)  he either intends to kill or  do  great  bodily
14        harm  to  that  individual or another, or knows that such
15        acts will cause death to that individual or another; or
16             (2)  he  knows  that  such  acts  create  a   strong
17        probability  of  death  or  great  bodily  harm  to  that
18        individual or another; or
19             (3)  he  is  attempting  or  committing  a  forcible
20        felony other than second degree murder.
21        (b)  Aggravating Factors.  A defendant who at the time of
22    the  commission  of the offense has attained the age of 18 or
23    more and who has been found guilty of first degree murder may
24    be sentenced to death if:
25             (1)  the murdered individual was a peace officer  or
26        fireman  killed  in the course of performing his official
27        duties,  to  prevent  the  performance  of  his  official
28        duties, or in retaliation  for  performing  his  official
29        duties,  and the defendant knew or should have known that
30        the murdered individual was a peace officer  or  fireman;
31        or
 
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 1             (2)  the  murdered  individual was an employee of an
 2        institution or facility of the Department of Corrections,
 3        or any similar local correctional agency, killed  in  the
 4        course  of performing his official duties, to prevent the
 5        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
 6        performing  his  official   duties,   or   the   murdered
 7        individual  was an inmate at such institution or facility
 8        and was killed on the grounds thereof,  or  the  murdered
 9        individual  was  otherwise present in such institution or
10        facility with the knowledge and  approval  of  the  chief
11        administrative officer thereof; or
12             (3)  the  defendant  has been convicted of murdering
13        two or more individuals  under  subsection  (a)  of  this
14        Section  or  under any law of the United States or of any
15        state which is substantially similar to subsection (a) of
16        this Section regardless  of whether the  deaths  occurred
17        as  the  result  of the same act or of several related or
18        unrelated acts so long as the deaths were the  result  of
19        either  an  intent  to  kill  more  than one person or of
20        separate acts which the defendant knew would cause  death
21        or  create  a strong probability of death or great bodily
22        harm to the murdered individual or another; or
23             (4)  the murdered individual was killed as a  result
24        of  the  hijacking  of  an  airplane, train, ship, bus or
25        other public conveyance; or
26             (5)  the defendant committed the murder pursuant  to
27        a contract, agreement or understanding by which he was to
28        receive   money  or  anything  of  value  in  return  for
29        committing the murder or procured another to  commit  the
30        murder for money or anything of value; or
31             (6)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  in  the
32        course of another felony if:
33                  (a)  the murdered individual:
34                       (i)  was actually killed by the defendant,
 
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 1                  or
 2                       (ii)  received      physical      injuries
 3                  personally    inflicted    by   the   defendant
 4                  substantially contemporaneously  with  physical
 5                  injuries  caused  by  one  or  more persons for
 6                  whose  conduct   the   defendant   is   legally
 7                  accountable under Section 5-2 of this Code, and
 8                  the  physical  injuries inflicted by either the
 9                  defendant or the other person  or  persons  for
10                  whose  conduct he is legally accountable caused
11                  the death of the murdered individual; and
12                  (b)  in performing the acts  which  caused  the
13             death  of  the murdered individual or which resulted
14             in physical injuries  personally  inflicted  by  the
15             defendant  on  the  murdered  individual  under  the
16             circumstances  of  subdivision  (ii) of subparagraph
17             (a) of paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (b)  of  this
18             Section, the defendant acted with the intent to kill
19             the  murdered  individual or with the knowledge that
20             his acts created a strong probability  of  death  or
21             great  bodily  harm  to  the  murdered individual or
22             another; and
23                  (c)  the other felony was one of the following:
24             armed robbery, armed  violence,  robbery,  predatory
25             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
26             criminal   sexual  assault,  aggravated  kidnapping,
27             aggravated vehicular hijacking, forcible  detention,
28             arson,   aggravated   arson,   aggravated  stalking,
29             burglary,  residential  burglary,   home   invasion,
30             calculated  criminal  drug  conspiracy as defined in
31             Section 405 of the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances
32             Act,  streetgang criminal drug conspiracy as defined
33             in  Section  405.2  of   the   Illinois   Controlled
34             Substances  Act, or the attempt to commit any of the
 
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 1             felonies listed in this subsection (c); or
 2             (7)  the murdered individual was under 12  years  of
 3        age  and  the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
 4        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 5             (8)  the defendant committed the murder with  intent
 6        to prevent the murdered individual from testifying in any
 7        criminal prosecution or giving material assistance to the
 8        State in any investigation or prosecution, either against
 9        the  defendant or another; or the defendant committed the
10        murder because the murdered individual was a  witness  in
11        any  prosecution or gave material assistance to the State
12        in any investigation or prosecution, either  against  the
13        defendant or another; or
14             (9)  the  defendant,  while  committing  an  offense
15        punishable  under Sections 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405, 405.2,
16        407 or 407.1 or subsection (b)  of  Section  404  of  the
17        Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or while engaged in a
18        conspiracy   or  solicitation  to  commit  such  offense,
19        intentionally  killed   an   individual   or   counseled,
20        commanded,  induced,  procured  or caused the intentional
21        killing of the murdered individual; or
22             (10)  the   defendant   was   incarcerated   in   an
23        institution or facility of the Department of  Corrections
24        at  the  time  of  the  murder,  and  while committing an
25        offense punishable as a felony  under  Illinois  law,  or
26        while  engaged  in a conspiracy or solicitation to commit
27        such  offense,  intentionally  killed  an  individual  or
28        counseled, commanded, induced,  procured  or  caused  the
29        intentional killing of the murdered individual; or
30             (11)  the murder was committed in a cold, calculated
31        and  premeditated manner pursuant to a preconceived plan,
32        scheme or design to take a human life by unlawful  means,
33        and  the  conduct  of  the defendant created a reasonable
34        expectation that the death of a human being would  result
 
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 1        therefrom; or
 2             (12)  the   murdered  individual  was  an  emergency
 3        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
 4        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
 5        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
 6        or first aid personnel, employed  by  a  municipality  or
 7        other   governmental   unit,  killed  in  the  course  of
 8        performing  his   official   duties,   to   prevent   the
 9        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
10        performing his official duties, and the defendant knew or
11        should  have  known  that  the murdered individual was an
12        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
13        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
14        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
15        medical assistance or first aid personnel; or
16             (13)  the defendant was a  principal  administrator,
17        organizer,  or  leader  of  a  calculated  criminal  drug
18        conspiracy  consisting  of  a  hierarchical  position  of
19        authority  superior  to  that of all other members of the
20        conspiracy,  and  the  defendant  counseled,   commanded,
21        induced,  procured,  or caused the intentional killing of
22        the murdered person; or
23             (14)  the murder was intentional  and  involved  the
24        infliction  of  torture.  For the purpose of this Section
25        torture means the infliction of or subjection to  extreme
26        physical  pain,  motivated  by  an  intent to increase or
27        prolong the pain, suffering or agony of the victim; or
28             (15)  the murder was committed as a  result  of  the
29        intentional  discharge of a firearm by the defendant from
30        a motor vehicle and the victim was not present within the
31        motor vehicle; or
32             (16)  the murdered individual was 60 years of age or
33        older and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
34        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 
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 1             (17)  the murdered individual was a disabled  person
 2        and  the  defendant  knew  or  should have known that the
 3        murdered individual was disabled.  For purposes  of  this
 4        paragraph  (17),  "disabled  person"  means  a person who
 5        suffers from a permanent physical  or  mental  impairment
 6        resulting from disease, an injury, a functional disorder,
 7        or   a  congenital  condition  that  renders  the  person
 8        incapable of adequately providing  for  his  or  her  own
 9        health or personal care; or
10             (18)  the  murder  was  committed  by  reason of any
11        person's activity as a community policing volunteer or to
12        prevent  any  person  from  engaging  in  activity  as  a
13        community policing volunteer; or
14             (19)  the murdered  individual  was  subject  to  an
15        order  of  protection  and  the murder was committed by a
16        person against whom the  same  order  of  protection  was
17        issued  under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
18        or
19             (20)  the  murdered  individual  was  known  by  the
20        defendant to be a teacher or other person employed in any
21        school and the teacher or  other  employee  is  upon  the
22        grounds  of  a school or grounds adjacent to a school, or
23        is in any part of a building used for school purposes; or
24             (21)  the murder was committed by the  defendant  in
25        connection  with  or  as  a  result  of  the  offense  of
26        terrorism as defined in Section 29D-30 of this Code.
27          (c)  Consideration   of   factors  in  Aggravation  and
28    Mitigation.
29        The court shall consider, or shall instruct the  jury  to
30    consider any aggravating and any mitigating factors which are
31    relevant to the imposition of the death penalty.  Aggravating
32    factors  may include but need not be limited to those factors
33    set forth in subsection (b). Mitigating factors  may  include
34    but need not be limited to the following:
 
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 1             (1)  the  defendant  has  no  significant history of
 2        prior criminal activity;
 3             (2)  the murder was committed  while  the  defendant
 4        was  under  the  influence of extreme mental or emotional
 5        disturbance, although not such as to constitute a defense
 6        to prosecution;
 7             (3)  the murdered individual was  a  participant  in
 8        the  defendant's  homicidal  conduct  or consented to the
 9        homicidal act;
10             (4)  the defendant acted  under  the  compulsion  of
11        threat  or  menace of the imminent infliction of death or
12        great bodily harm;
13             (5)  the defendant was not personally present during
14        commission of the act or acts causing death.
15        (c-5) (1) A person  who  has  the  disability  of  mental
16    retardation may not be sentenced to death.
17             (2)  In  this subsection (c-5), "mental retardation"
18        means   a   disability   characterized   by   significant
19        limitations  both  in  intellectual  functioning  and  in
20        adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and
21        practical adaptive skills, that originate before 18 years
22        of age.
23             (3) If the defendant is convicted  of  first  degree
24        murder,  the  State  and  the  defendant  are entitled to
25        present evidence to the jury on  the  issue  whether  the
26        defendant  has  the  disability of mental retardation. At
27        the separate sentencing hearing under  subsection  (d)  ,
28        the jury, if the separate sentencing hearing is conducted
29        before a jury, shall be asked to render a special verdict
30        on  the  issue of the defendant's mental retardation. The
31        special verdict form shall ask the  jury  to  answer  the
32        question:
33        "Do you unanimously find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that
34    the   defendant  does  not  have  the  disability  of  mental
 
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 1    retardation?"  If the jury  answers  "yes",  the  jury  shall
 2    consider  the  aggravating and mitigating factors relating to
 3    the imposition of the death penalty. If the jury answers  the
 4    question  "no",  the  court may not sentence the defendant to
 5    death  and  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term   of
 6    imprisonment   under   Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
 7    Corrections. If the separate sentencing hearing is  conducted
 8    before  the court alone, the court shall consider evidence as
 9    to  the  defendant's  mental  retardation.   If   the   court
10    determines  that  the  defendant has the disability of mental
11    retardation, the court may  not  sentence  the  defendant  to
12    death   and  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term  of
13    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
14    Corrections.
15        (d)  Separate sentencing hearing.
16        Where  requested  by the State, the court shall conduct a
17    separate sentencing proceeding to determine the existence  of
18    factors  set  forth  in  subsection  (b)  and to consider any
19    aggravating or mitigating factors as indicated in  subsection
20    (c).  The proceeding shall be conducted:
21             (1)  before the jury that determined the defendant's
22        guilt; or
23             (2)  before a jury impanelled for the purpose of the
24        proceeding if:
25                  A.  the  defendant was convicted upon a plea of
26             guilty; or
27                  B.  the defendant was convicted after  a  trial
28             before the court sitting without a jury; or
29                  C.  the  court  for good cause shown discharges
30             the jury that determined the defendant's guilt; or
31             (3)  before the court alone if the defendant  waives
32        a jury for the separate proceeding.
33        (e)  Evidence and Argument.
34        During  the proceeding any information relevant to any of
 
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 1    the factors set forth in subsection (b) may be  presented  by
 2    either  the  State or the defendant under the rules governing
 3    the  admission  of  evidence   at   criminal   trials.    Any
 4    information relevant to any additional aggravating factors or
 5    any  mitigating  factors  indicated  in subsection (c) may be
 6    presented  by  the  State  or  defendant  regardless  of  its
 7    admissibility under the  rules  governing  the  admission  of
 8    evidence  at  criminal  trials.  The  State and the defendant
 9    shall be given fair  opportunity  to  rebut  any  information
10    received at the hearing.
11        (f)  Proof.
12        The  burden of proof of establishing the existence of any
13    of the factors set forth in subsection (b) is  on  the  State
14    and  shall  not  be  satisfied  unless  established  beyond a
15    reasonable doubt.
16        (g)  Procedure - Jury.
17        If at the separate sentencing proceeding the  jury  finds
18    that  none of the factors set forth in subsection (b) exists,
19    the  court  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term   of
20    imprisonment   under   Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
21    Corrections.  If there is a unanimous  finding  by  the  jury
22    that  one  or more of the factors set forth in subsection (b)
23    exist, the jury shall  consider  aggravating  and  mitigating
24    factors  as  instructed  by  the  court  and  shall determine
25    whether the sentence of death shall be imposed.  If the  jury
26    determines  unanimously  that there are no mitigating factors
27    sufficient to preclude the imposition of the death  sentence,
28    the court shall sentence the defendant to death.
29        Unless  the  jury  unanimously  finds  that  there are no
30    mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the  imposition  of
31    the  death sentence the court shall sentence the defendant to
32    a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
33    Corrections.
34        (h)  Procedure - No Jury.
 
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 1        In a proceeding before the  court  alone,  if  the  court
 2    finds  that  none  of  the  factors  found  in subsection (b)
 3    exists, the court shall sentence the defendant to a  term  of
 4    imprisonment   under  Chapter  V  of   the  Unified  Code  of
 5    Corrections.
 6        If the Court determines that one or more of  the  factors
 7    set  forth in subsection (b) exists, the Court shall consider
 8    any  aggravating  and  mitigating  factors  as  indicated  in
 9    subsection (c).  If the Court determines that  there  are  no
10    mitigating  factors  sufficient to preclude the imposition of
11    the death sentence, the Court shall sentence the defendant to
12    death.
13        Unless the court  finds  that  there  are  no  mitigating
14    factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of the sentence
15    of death, the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
16    imprisonment   under   Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
17    Corrections.
18        (i)  Appellate Procedure.
19        The conviction and sentence of death shall be subject  to
20    automatic  review by the Supreme Court.  Such review shall be
21    in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court.
22        (j)  Disposition of reversed death sentence.
23        In the event that the death penalty in this Act  is  held
24    to  be  unconstitutional  by  the Supreme Court of the United
25    States or of the State of Illinois, any person  convicted  of
26    first degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to a term
27    of  imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified Code of
28    Corrections.
29        In the event that any  death  sentence  pursuant  to  the
30    sentencing   provisions   of   this   Section   is   declared
31    unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States or
32    of  the State of Illinois, the court having jurisdiction over
33    a person  previously  sentenced  to  death  shall  cause  the
34    defendant to be brought before the court, and the court shall
 
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 1    sentence the  defendant  to  a  term  of  imprisonment  under
 2    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
 3    (Source: P.A.  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-434,  eff. 1-1-00;
 4    92-854, eff. 12-5-02.)

 5        Section 10. The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 6    amended by adding Section 114-15 as follows:

 7        (725 ILCS 5/114-15 new)
 8        Sec. 114-15. Mental retardation.
 9        (a)  The  issue of the defendant's mental retardation may
10    be raised by the defense, the State,  or  the  court  at  any
11    appropriate  time  before a plea is entered, before trial, or
12    after trial.
13        (b) If defense counsel has a good faith belief  that  the
14    defendant  in  a  capital  case  has the disability of mental
15    retardation, counsel shall file  a  motion  with  the  court,
16    requesting  a  finding that the defendant is not eligible for
17    the death penalty because of mental retardation.  The  motion
18    shall be filed within a reasonable time after the State files
19    notice  of  intent  to  seek  the  death  penalty, unless the
20    information in  support  of  the  motion  came  to  counsel's
21    attention at a later date.
22        (c) Upon receipt of the motion, the court shall conduct a
23    hearing  for  the  presentation  of  evidence  regarding  the
24    defendant's possible mental retardation. Both the defense and
25    the  State  shall  have  the opportunity to present evidence,
26    including  expert  testimony.  If  the  court  finds,  by   a
27    preponderance  of  the  evidence,  that the defendant has the
28    disability of mental retardation, the court  shall  enter  an
29    order  that  the  defendant  is  not  eligible  for the death
30    penalty and the trial may proceed as a non-capital trial.  If
31    convicted,  the  defendant  may  be  sentenced to any penalty
32    available under State law, other than death.
 
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 1        (d) If the court finds that the defendant does  not  have
 2    the disability of mental retardation, the case may proceed as
 3    a  capital  trial.  The jury may not be informed of the prior
 4    proceedings  or   the   judge's   findings   concerning   the
 5    defendant's claim of mental retardation.

 6        Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 7    changing Section 3-3-13 and adding Section 5-2-7 as follows:

 8        (730 ILCS 5/3-3-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-13)
 9        Sec. 3-3-13.  Procedure for Executive Clemency.
10        (a)  Petitions  seeking  pardon, commutation, or reprieve
11    shall be  addressed  to  the  Governor  and  filed  with  the
12    Prisoner  Review Board.  The petition shall be in writing and
13    signed by the person under conviction or by a person  on  his
14    behalf.  It  shall  contain  a brief history of the case, the
15    reasons for seeking executive clemency,  and  other  relevant
16    information the Board may require.
17        (a-5)  After  a petition has been denied by the Governor,
18    the Board may not accept  a  repeat  petition  for  executive
19    clemency  for the same person until one full year has elapsed
20    from the date of the denial.  The Chairman of the  Board  may
21    waive  the  one-year  requirement if the petitioner offers in
22    writing  new  information  that  was   unavailable   to   the
23    petitioner  at  the  time of the filing of the prior petition
24    and which the Chairman determines  to  be  significant.   The
25    Chairman  also  may  waive the one-year waiting period if the
26    petitioner can show that  a  change  in  circumstances  of  a
27    compelling humanitarian nature has arisen since the denial of
28    the prior petition.
29        (b)  Notice of the proposed application shall be given by
30    the Board to the committing court and the state's attorney of
31    the county where the conviction was had.
32        (c)  The  Board  shall, if requested and upon due notice,
 
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 1    give a hearing to each application,  allowing  representation
 2    by  counsel,  if desired, after which it shall confidentially
 3    advise  the   Governor   by   a   written   report   of   its
 4    recommendations  which  shall be determined by majority vote.
 5    The Board shall meet to consider such petitions no less  than
 6    4 times each year.
 7        Application for executive clemency under this Section may
 8    not be commenced on behalf of a person who has been sentenced
 9    to death without the written consent of the defendant, unless
10    the  defendant, because of a mental or physical condition, is
11    incapable of asserting his or her own claim.
12        (d)  The  Governor  shall  decide  each  application  and
13    communicate his decision to the Board which shall notify  the
14    petitioner.
15        In  the  event  a  petitioner who has been convicted of a
16    Class X felony is granted a release, after the  Governor  has
17    communicated such decision to the Board, the Board shall give
18    written  notice  to  the Sheriff of the county from which the
19    offender was sentenced if such  sheriff  has  requested  that
20    such  notice  be  given on a continuing basis. In cases where
21    arrest of the offender or the commission of the offense  took
22    place  in  any  municipality  with  a population of more than
23    10,000 persons, the Board shall also give written  notice  to
24    the proper law enforcement agency for said municipality which
25    has requested notice on a continuing basis.
26        (e)  Nothing  in this Section shall be construed to limit
27    the power of the Governor under the constitution to  grant  a
28    reprieve, commutation of sentence, or pardon.
29        (f)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law, the
30    Governor has full authority to grant clemency and  commute  a
31    capital  sentence  to  a  non-capital sentence for any person
32    convicted of first degree murder who has  been  sentenced  to
33    death  whom the Governor determines to have the disability of
34    mental retardation.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-112, eff. 7-7-95; 89-684, eff. 6-1-97.)

 2        (730 ILCS 5/5-2-7 new)
 3        Sec. 5-2-7. Mental retardation.
 4        (a) In cases in which the defendant has been convicted of
 5    first degree murder, sentenced to death, and  is  in  custody
 6    pending  execution  of  the  sentence of death, the following
 7    procedures apply:
 8             (1) Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law  or
 9        rule of court, a defendant may seek relief from the death
10        sentence  upon  the  ground  that  the  defendant  was an
11        individual with the disability of mental  retardation  at
12        the time of the commission of the capital offense.
13             (2) A motion seeking appropriate relief from a death
14        sentence   on  the  ground  that  the  defendant  was  an
15        individual with  the  disability  of  mental  retardation
16        shall  be filed (A) within 180 days of the effective date
17        of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General  Assembly;  or
18        (B) within 180 days after the imposition of the sentence,
19        whichever is later.
20        (b)  The petition seeking relief from a sentence of death
21    under this Section shall be in  substantial  compliance  with
22    Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
23        (c)  The  State  shall  respond to a petition filed under
24    this Section within 10 days  after  the  petition  is  filed.
25    Following  oral  and  written  arguments  from  the State and
26    defense counsel, the court shall conduct  a  hearing  on  the
27    petition.  Both the State and the defense shall be allowed to
28    present evidence, including expert testimony.
29        (d) Findings by the trial court that a  defendant  either
30    is  or  is  not  entitled to relief under this Section may be
31    directly appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court.

32        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 
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