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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1970
Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/31-4 |
from Ch. 38, par. 31-4 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning obstructing justice.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1970 |
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LRB095 16373 RLC 42397 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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| 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. A person obstructs justice |
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| when, with intent to prevent the
the apprehension
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| the prosecution or defense of any person, he knowingly commits
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| any of the following acts: |
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| (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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| (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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| (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at issue, |
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| he leaves the
State or conceals himself.
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| (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 (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 |