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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5279 Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. William Cunningham 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. Provides that it is not a required element of obstructing justice that the conduct defining the offense actually or materially prevents the apprehension of, or actually or materially obstructs the prosecution or defense of, any person.
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| | HB5279 | | LRB097 15863 RLC 61106 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 31-4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
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| 8 | | (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent |
| 9 | | the apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any |
| 10 | | person, he knowingly commits
any of the following acts:
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| 11 | | (1) (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises |
| 12 | | physical evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false |
| 13 | | information; or
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| 14 | | (2) (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to |
| 15 | | the subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself; |
| 16 | | or
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| 17 | | (3) (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at |
| 18 | | issue, he leaves the
State or conceals himself.
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| 19 | | (b) It is not a required element of obstructing justice |
| 20 | | that the conduct set forth in subsection (a) actually or |
| 21 | | materially prevents the apprehension of, or actually or |
| 22 | | materially obstructs the prosecution or defense of, any person. |
| 23 | | (c) (d) Sentence.
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