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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Capital Crimes Litigation Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 2 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (725 ILCS 124/2 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2. Definition. In this Act, "capital case" means any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | case involving an offense for which the death penalty may be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | imposed as a consequence of conviction, regardless of whether | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | or not the State's Attorney intends to seek the death penalty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | in that case.
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12 | (725 ILCS 124/5)
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13 | Sec. 5. Appointment of trial counsel in death penalty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | cases. If an
indigent defendant
is charged with an offense for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | which a sentence of death is authorized , and the
State's
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16 | Attorney has not, at or before arraignment, filed
a certificate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | indicating he or she will not seek the
death penalty or
stated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | on the record in open court that the death penalty will not be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | sought ,
the trial court
shall immediately appoint the Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Defender, or such other qualified attorney
or
attorneys as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Illinois Supreme Court shall by rule provide, to represent the
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22 | defendant as trial counsel.
If the Public Defender is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | appointed, he or she shall immediately assign such
attorney or
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24 | attorneys who are public defenders to represent the defendant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | The counsel
shall meet the
qualifications
as the Supreme Court | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | shall by rule provide.
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27 | (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00 .)
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28 | (725 ILCS 124/10)
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29 | Sec. 10. Court appointed trial counsel; compensation and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | expenses.
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1 | (a) This Section applies only to compensation and expenses | ||||||
2 | of trial
counsel appointed by the court as set forth in Section | ||||||
3 | 5,
other than public defenders, for the period after | ||||||
4 | arraignment and so long as
the
State's Attorney has not, at any | ||||||
5 | time, filed a certificate indicating he or she
will not seek | ||||||
6 | the death penalty or stated on the record in open court that | ||||||
7 | the
death penalty will not be sought .
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8 | (b) Appointed trial counsel
shall be compensated upon | ||||||
9 | presentment and
certification by the
circuit court of a claim | ||||||
10 | for services detailing the date, activity, and time
duration | ||||||
11 | for
which compensation is sought. Compensation for appointed | ||||||
12 | trial counsel may be
paid at
a reasonable rate
not to exceed | ||||||
13 | $125 per hour.
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14 | Beginning in 2001, every January 20, the statutory rate | ||||||
15 | prescribed in this
subsection shall
be automatically increased | ||||||
16 | or decreased, as applicable, by a percentage equal
to the
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17 | percentage change in the consumer price index-u during the | ||||||
18 | preceding 12-month
calendar
year. "Consumer price index-u" | ||||||
19 | means the index published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of | ||||||
20 | the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
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21 | change in
prices of goods and services purchased by all urban | ||||||
22 | consumers, United States
city
average, all items, 1982-84=100. | ||||||
23 | The new rate resulting from each annual
adjustment
shall be | ||||||
24 | determined by the State Treasurer and made available to the | ||||||
25 | chief
judge of
each
judicial circuit.
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26 | (c) Appointed trial counsel may also petition the court for | ||||||
27 | certification of
expenses for
reasonable and necessary capital | ||||||
28 | litigation expenses including, but not limited
to, | ||||||
29 | investigatory and other assistance, expert, forensic, and | ||||||
30 | other
witnesses, and mitigation specialists.
Counsel may not | ||||||
31 | petition for certification of expenses that may have been
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32 | provided or compensated by the State Appellate Defender under | ||||||
33 | item (c)(5) of
Section 10 of the State
Appellate
Defender Act.
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34 | (d) Appointed trial counsel shall petition the court for | ||||||
35 | certification of
compensation and expenses under this Section | ||||||
36 | periodically during the course of
counsel's representation. If
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1 | the court determines that the compensation and expenses should | ||||||
2 | be paid from the
Capital
Litigation Trust Fund, the court shall | ||||||
3 | certify, on a form created by the State
Treasurer, that all or | ||||||
4 | a designated portion of the amount requested is
reasonable, | ||||||
5 | necessary, and appropriate for payment from the Trust Fund.
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6 | Certification of compensation and expenses by a court in any | ||||||
7 | county other than
Cook County shall
be delivered by the court | ||||||
8 | to the State Treasurer and paid by the State
Treasurer
directly | ||||||
9 | from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund if there are sufficient | ||||||
10 | moneys
in the Trust Fund to pay the compensation and expenses. | ||||||
11 | Certification of
compensation and expenses by a court in
Cook
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12 | County shall be delivered by the court to the county treasurer | ||||||
13 | and paid by the
county treasurer from moneys granted to the | ||||||
14 | county from the Capital Litigation
Trust Fund.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00 .)
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16 | Section 95. Applicability. This amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
17 | General Assembly is applicable to any capital case pending on | ||||||
18 | its effective date and to capital cases prosecuted on or after | ||||||
19 | its effective date. | ||||||
20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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