94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1649

 

Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/3-1   from Ch. 38, par. 3-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning presumption of innocence and proof of guilt.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB1649 LRB094 02712 RCE 32713 b

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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 3-1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/3-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 3-1)
7     Sec. 3-1. Presumption of innocence and and proof of guilt.
8     Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No
9 person shall be convicted of any offense unless his guilt
10 thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
11 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)