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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6891
Introduced 02/09/04, by John J. Millner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/9-3.3 |
from Ch. 38, par. 9-3.3 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who unlawfully delivers a controlled substance to another and any person's death is caused (rather than any 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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A BILL FOR
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HB6891 |
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LRB093 18455 RLC 44167 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully delivering a |
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| controlled
substance to another, and any person's death is |
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| caused
person dies as a result of the injection,
inhalation or |
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| ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance, commits |
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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 |
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| subsection (a)
or subsection (c) of Section 401 of the Illinois |
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| Controlled Substances Act
commits a Class X felony for which |
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defendant shall in addition to a sentence authorized by |
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| law, be sentenced
to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 |
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| years and not more than 30
years or an extended term of not |
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| 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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