94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1158

 

Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton - Emil Jones, Jr.

 

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

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.


LRB094 04849 RLC 34878 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1158 LRB094 04849 RLC 34878 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 5-1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)
7     Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another.
8     A person is responsible for conduct which is an element of
9 an offense if the the conduct is either that of the person
10 himself, or that of another and he is legally accountable for
11 such conduct as provided in Section 5--2, or both.
12 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)