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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 9-3 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-3)
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7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 93-178 )
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8 | Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide.
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9 | (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | if his or her acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | death are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | harm to some individual, and he or she performs them | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | recklessly,
except in cases in which the cause of the death | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | consists of the driving of
a motor vehicle or operating a | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the person commits reckless homicide.
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18 | (b) (Blank).
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19 | (c) (Blank).
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20 | (d) Sentence.
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21 | (1) Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
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22 | (2) Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.
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23 | (e) (Blank).
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24 | (e-5) (Blank).
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25 | (f) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | the victim was a
family or household member as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | paragraph (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of
Criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | which a
person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more than | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | 14 years.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-213, eff. 7-18-03.)
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1 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 93-178 )
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2 | Sec. 9-3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide.
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3 | (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual | ||||||
4 | without lawful
justification commits involuntary manslaughter | ||||||
5 | if his or her acts whether lawful
or unlawful which cause the | ||||||
6 | death are such as are likely to cause death or
great bodily | ||||||
7 | harm to some individual, and he or she performs them | ||||||
8 | recklessly,
except in cases in which the cause of the death | ||||||
9 | consists of the driving of
a motor vehicle or operating a | ||||||
10 | snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft,
in which case | ||||||
11 | the person commits reckless homicide.
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12 | (b) (Blank).
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13 | (c) (Blank).
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14 | (d) Sentence.
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15 | (1) Involuntary manslaughter is a Class 3 felony.
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16 | (2) Reckless homicide is a Class 3 felony.
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17 | (e) (Blank). subsections, (e-7), and (e-8)
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18 | (e-5) (Blank).
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19 | (e-7) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e-8), in | ||||||
20 | cases involving
reckless homicide in which the defendant was
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21 | driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as defined in | ||||||
22 | Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
the penalty is a | ||||||
23 | Class 2 felony, for which a
person, if sentenced to a term of | ||||||
24 | imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 | ||||||
25 | years and not more than 14 years.
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26 | (e-8) In cases involving reckless homicide in which the | ||||||
27 | defendant was
driving in a construction or maintenance zone, as | ||||||
28 | defined in Section 11-605
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and | ||||||
29 | caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as
part of a single | ||||||
30 | course of conduct,
the penalty is a Class 2 felony, for which a
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31 | person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||
32 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 6 years and not more than | ||||||
33 | 28 years.
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34 | (f) In cases involving involuntary manslaughter in which | ||||||
35 | the victim was a
family or household member as defined in |
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1 | paragraph (3) of Section 112A-3 of the
Code of
Criminal | ||||||
2 | Procedure of 1963, the penalty shall be a Class 2 felony, for | ||||||
3 | which a
person if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be | ||||||
4 | sentenced to a term of
not less than 3 years and not more than | ||||||
5 | 14 years.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-178, eff. 6-1-04; 93-213, | ||||||
7 | eff.
7-18-03; revised 7-28-03.)
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