Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Filed: 3/3/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 779 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 779 on page 1, by 
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inserting below line 3 the following:

 
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    "Section 3. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by 
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changing Section 31-4 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/31-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)



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    Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice. 

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    (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent 
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the apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any 
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person, he knowingly commits
any of the following acts:

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    (1)
(a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical 
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evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false information; 
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or

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    (2)
(b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the 
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subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself; or

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    (3)
(c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at 
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issue, he leaves the
State or conceals himself.

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    (4) Destroys, alters, conceals, disguises, or otherwise 
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tampers with evidence collected under Section 107-2.5 of the 
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Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or Section 5-4-3 of the 
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Unified Code of Corrections.

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    (b)
(d) Sentence.


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        (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as 
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    provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection (b)
(d).


 


 






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        (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang 
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    related or
gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10 
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    of the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention 
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    Act, is a Class 3 felony. Obstructing justice in violation 
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    of paragraph (a)(4) is a Class 3 felony.


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(Source: P.A. 90-363, eff. 1-1-98.)"; and


 
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on page 7, line 18, by inserting "or under Section 107-2.5 of 
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the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, after "Section"; and
 
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on page 7, line 19, by changing "4" to "3 4".