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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3445 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood 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 2012. Provides that obstructing justice in furtherance of, or to avoid the consequences arising from, a: (1) Class X felony or first degree murder is a Class 1 felony; (2) Class 1 felony is a Class 2 felony; and (3) Class 2 felony is a Class 3 felony.
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| | SB3445 | | LRB098 12947 RLC 47454 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 2012 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 or she knowingly commits
any of the following acts:
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11 | | (1) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical |
12 | | evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false |
13 | | information; or
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14 | | (2) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the |
15 | | subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself or |
16 | | herself; or
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17 | | (3) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at |
18 | | issue, he or she leaves the
State or conceals himself; or |
19 | | (4) If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a |
20 | | child under 13 years of age reports materially false |
21 | | information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner, |
22 | | coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency |
23 | | during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a |