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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1617
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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725 ILCS 5/110-4 |
from Ch. 38, par. 110-4 |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the court may not grant bail to a person who is charged with first degree murder in which the victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense and the victim was murdered in the course of gang-related activity.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1617 |
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LRB095 08520 RLC 28701 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
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| amended by changing Section 110-4 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 5/110-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-4)
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| Sec. 110-4. Bailable Offenses.
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| (a) All persons shall be bailable before conviction, except |
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following offenses where the proof is evident or the |
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| presumption great that
the defendant is guilty of the offense: |
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| capital offenses; offenses for
which a sentence of life |
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| imprisonment may be imposed as a consequence of
conviction; |
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| felony offenses for which a sentence of imprisonment,
without |
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| conditional and revocable release, shall be imposed
by law as a |
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| consequence of conviction, where the court after a hearing,
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| determines that the release of the defendant would pose a real |
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| and present
threat to the physical safety of any person or |
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| persons; stalking or
aggravated stalking, where the court, |
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| after a hearing, determines that the
release of the defendant |
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| would pose a real and present threat to the
physical safety of |
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| the alleged victim of the offense and denial of bail
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| necessary to prevent fulfillment of the threat upon which the |
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| charge
is based;
or unlawful use of weapons in violation of |