93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3116

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1   from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes technical changes in the Section concerning sentencing for felony violations.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
7     Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of imprisonment Imprisonment for a
8 felony Felony.
9     (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
10 the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be a
11 determinate sentence set by the court under this Section,
12 according to the following limitations:
13         (1) for first degree murder,
14             (a) a term shall be not less than 20 years and not
15         more than 60 years, or
16             (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
17         doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
18         brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
19         cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c)
20         of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
21         listed in subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal
22         Code of 1961 are present, the court may sentence the
23         defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
24             (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
25         term of natural life imprisonment when the death
26         penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
27                 (i) has previously been convicted of first
28             degree murder under any state or federal law, or
29                 (ii) is a person who, at the time of the
30             commission of the murder, had attained the age of
31             17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
32             individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective

 

 

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1             of the defendant's age at the time of the
2             commission of the offense, is found guilty of
3             murdering more than one victim, or
4                 (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
5             officer or fireman when the peace officer or
6             fireman was killed in the course of performing his
7             official duties, or to prevent the peace officer or
8             fireman from performing his official duties, or in
9             retaliation for the peace officer or fireman
10             performing his official duties, and the defendant
11             knew or should have known that the murdered
12             individual was a peace officer or fireman, or
13                 (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
14             of an institution or facility of the Department of
15             Corrections, or any similar local correctional
16             agency, when the employee was killed in the course
17             of performing his official duties, or to prevent
18             the employee from performing his official duties,
19             or in retaliation for the employee performing his
20             official duties, or
21                 (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
22             medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
23             technician - intermediate, emergency medical
24             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
25             medical assistance or first aid person while
26             employed by a municipality or other governmental
27             unit when the person was killed in the course of
28             performing official duties or to prevent the
29             person from performing official duties or in
30             retaliation for performing official duties and the
31             defendant knew or should have known that the
32             murdered individual was an emergency medical
33             technician - ambulance, emergency medical
34             technician - intermediate, emergency medical
35             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
36             medical assistant or first aid personnel, or

 

 

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1                 (vi) is a person who, at the time of the
2             commission of the murder, had not attained the age
3             of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person
4             under 12 years of age and the murder is committed
5             during the course of aggravated criminal sexual
6             assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
7             kidnaping, or
8                 (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
9             and the murder was committed by reason of any
10             person's activity as a community policing
11             volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
12             activity as a community policing volunteer. For
13             the purpose of this Section, "community policing
14             volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
15             Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
16             For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
17         technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
18          intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
19         paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
20         Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
21             (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while
22             armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
23             the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
24                 (ii) if, during the commission of the offense,
25             the person personally discharged a firearm, 20
26             years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
27             imposed by the court;
28                 (iii) if, during the commission of the
29             offense, the person personally discharged a
30             firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
31             permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
32             death to another person, 25 years or up to a term
33             of natural life shall be added to the term of
34             imprisonment imposed by the court.
35         (1.5) for second degree murder, a term shall be not
36     less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;

 

 

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1         (2) for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
2     Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
3     sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
4         (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances
5     described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
6     12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 12-14,
7     paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1, or
8     paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the
9     Criminal Code of 1961, the sentence shall be a term of
10     natural life imprisonment;
11         (3) except as otherwise provided in the statute
12     defining the offense, for a Class X felony, the sentence
13     shall be not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years;
14         (4) for a Class 1 felony, other than second degree
15     murder, the sentence shall be not less than 4 years and not
16     more than 15 years;
17         (5) for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
18     less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;
19         (6) for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
20     less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
21         (7) for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
22     less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
23     (b) The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
24 set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
25 enters in the case, as provided in Section 5-4-1 of this Code.
26 Those reasons may include any mitigating or aggravating factors
27 specified in this Code, or the lack of any such circumstances,
28 as well as any other such factors as the judge shall set forth
29 on the record that are consistent with the purposes and
30 principles of sentencing set out in this Code.
31     (c) A motion to reduce a sentence may be made, or the court
32 may reduce a sentence without motion, within 30 days after the
33 sentence is imposed. A defendant's challenge to the correctness
34 of a sentence or to any aspect of the sentencing hearing shall
35 be made by a written motion filed within 30 days following the
36 imposition of sentence. However, the court may not increase a

 

 

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1 sentence once it is imposed.
2     If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
3 filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, the
4 proponent of the motion shall exercise due diligence in seeking
5 a determination on the motion and the court shall thereafter
6 decide such motion within a reasonable time.
7     If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
8 filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then for
9 purposes of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall not be
10 considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce a
11 sentence has been decided by order entered by the trial court.
12     A motion filed pursuant to this subsection shall not be
13 considered to have been timely filed unless it is filed with
14 the circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence is
15 imposed together with a notice of motion, which notice of
16 motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
17 certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
18     (d) Except where a term of natural life is imposed, every
19 sentence shall include as though written therein a term in
20 addition to the term of imprisonment. For those sentenced under
21 the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such term shall be
22 identified as a parole term. For those sentenced on or after
23 February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a mandatory
24 supervised release term. Subject to earlier termination under
25 Section 3-3-8, the parole or mandatory supervised release term
26 shall be as follows:
27         (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony, 3
28     years;
29         (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony, 2 years;
30         (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
31         (4) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
32     second or subsequent offense of criminal sexual assault or
33     aggravated criminal sexual assault, 5 years, at least the
34     first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
35     electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
36     Chapter V of this Code;

 

 

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1         (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
2     second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
3     abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
4     the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
5     electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
6     Chapter V of this Code.
7     (e) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
8 of imprisonment imposed by another state or by any district
9 court of the United States and who, after sentence for a crime
10 in Illinois, must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
11 may have his sentence by the Illinois court ordered to be
12 concurrent with the prior sentence in the other state. The
13 court may order that any time served on the unexpired portion
14 of the sentence in the other state, prior to his return to
15 Illinois, shall be credited on his Illinois sentence. The other
16 state shall be furnished with a copy of the order imposing
17 sentence which shall provide that, when the offender is
18 released from confinement of the other state, whether by parole
19 or by termination of sentence, the offender shall be
20 transferred by the Sheriff of the committing county to the
21 Illinois Department of Corrections. The court shall cause the
22 Department of Corrections to be notified of such sentence at
23 the time of commitment and to be provided with copies of all
24 records regarding the sentence.
25     (f) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
26 of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court for a
27 crime in this State and who is subsequently sentenced to a term
28 of imprisonment by another state or by any district court of
29 the United States and who has served a term of imprisonment
30 imposed by the other state or district court of the United
31 States, and must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
32 imposed by the Illinois Circuit Court may apply to the court
33 which imposed sentence to have his sentence reduced.
34     The circuit court may order that any time served on the
35 sentence imposed by the other state or district court of the
36 United States be credited on his Illinois sentence. Such

 

 

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1 application for reduction of a sentence under this subsection
2 (f) shall be made within 30 days after the defendant has
3 completed the sentence imposed by the other state or district
4 court of the United States.
5 (Source: P.A. 91-279, eff. 1-1-00; 91-404, eff. 1-1-00; 91-953,
6 eff. 2-23-01; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)