95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1145

 

Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/5-8-1   from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment when the death penalty is not imposed if the defendant is found guilty of first degree murder and the murder was committed by the discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle.


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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
7     Sec. 5-8-1. Sentence of Imprisonment for Felony.
8     (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
9 the offense, a sentence of imprisonment for a felony shall be a
10 determinate sentence set by the court under this Section,
11 according to the following limitations:
12         (1) for first degree murder,
13             (a) a term shall be not less than 20 years and not
14         more than 60 years, or
15             (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
16         doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
17         brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
18         cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c)
19         of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
20         listed in subsection (b) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal
21         Code of 1961 are present, the court may sentence the
22         defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or
23             (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a

 

 

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1         term of natural life imprisonment when the death
2         penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
3                 (i) has previously been convicted of first
4             degree murder under any state or federal law, or
5                 (ii) is a person who, at the time of the
6             commission of the murder, had attained the age of
7             17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
8             individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective
9             of the defendant's age at the time of the
10             commission of the offense, is found guilty of
11             murdering more than one victim, or
12                 (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace
13             officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
14             when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
15             management worker was killed in the course of
16             performing his official duties, or to prevent the
17             peace officer or fireman from performing his
18             official duties, or in retaliation for the peace
19             officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
20             from performing his official duties, and the
21             defendant knew or should have known that the
22             murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman,
23             or emergency management worker, or
24                 (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
25             of an institution or facility of the Department of
26             Corrections, or any similar local correctional

 

 

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1             agency, when the employee was killed in the course
2             of performing his official duties, or to prevent
3             the employee from performing his official duties,
4             or in retaliation for the employee performing his
5             official duties, or
6                 (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
7             medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
8             technician - intermediate, emergency medical
9             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
10             medical assistance or first aid person while
11             employed by a municipality or other governmental
12             unit when the person was killed in the course of
13             performing official duties or to prevent the
14             person from performing official duties or in
15             retaliation for performing official duties and the
16             defendant knew or should have known that the
17             murdered individual was an emergency medical
18             technician - ambulance, emergency medical
19             technician - intermediate, emergency medical
20             technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
21             medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
22                 (vi) is a person who, at the time of the
23             commission of the murder, had not attained the age
24             of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person
25             under 12 years of age and the murder is committed
26             during the course of aggravated criminal sexual

 

 

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1             assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
2             kidnaping, or
3                 (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
4             and the murder was committed by reason of any
5             person's activity as a community policing
6             volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
7             activity as a community policing volunteer. For
8             the purpose of this Section, "community policing
9             volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
10             Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or .
11                 (viii) is found guilty of first degree murder
12             and the murder was committed by the discharge of a
13             firearm from a motor vehicle.
14             For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
15         technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -
16          intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
17         paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
18         Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
19             (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while
20             armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
21             the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
22                 (ii) if, during the commission of the offense,
23             the person personally discharged a firearm, 20
24             years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
25             imposed by the court;
26                 (iii) if, during the commission of the

 

 

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1             offense, the person personally discharged a
2             firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
3             permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
4             death to another person, 25 years or up to a term
5             of natural life shall be added to the term of
6             imprisonment imposed by the court.
7         (1.5) for second degree murder, a term shall be not
8     less than 4 years and not more than 20 years;
9         (2) for a person adjudged a habitual criminal under
10     Article 33B of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, the
11     sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment;
12         (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances
13     described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
14     12-13, paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 12-14,
15     paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1, or
16     paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the
17     Criminal Code of 1961, the sentence shall be a term of
18     natural life imprisonment;
19         (3) except as otherwise provided in the statute
20     defining the offense, for a Class X felony, the sentence
21     shall be not less than 6 years and not more than 30 years;
22         (4) for a Class 1 felony, other than second degree
23     murder, the sentence shall be not less than 4 years and not
24     more than 15 years;
25         (5) for a Class 2 felony, the sentence shall be not
26     less than 3 years and not more than 7 years;

 

 

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1         (6) for a Class 3 felony, the sentence shall be not
2     less than 2 years and not more than 5 years;
3         (7) for a Class 4 felony, the sentence shall be not
4     less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
5     (b) The sentencing judge in each felony conviction shall
6 set forth his reasons for imposing the particular sentence he
7 enters in the case, as provided in Section 5-4-1 of this Code.
8 Those reasons may include any mitigating or aggravating factors
9 specified in this Code, or the lack of any such circumstances,
10 as well as any other such factors as the judge shall set forth
11 on the record that are consistent with the purposes and
12 principles of sentencing set out in this Code.
13     (c) A motion to reduce a sentence may be made, or the court
14 may reduce a sentence without motion, within 30 days after the
15 sentence is imposed. A defendant's challenge to the correctness
16 of a sentence or to any aspect of the sentencing hearing shall
17 be made by a written motion filed within 30 days following the
18 imposition of sentence. However, the court may not increase a
19 sentence once it is imposed.
20     If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
21 filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, the
22 proponent of the motion shall exercise due diligence in seeking
23 a determination on the motion and the court shall thereafter
24 decide such motion within a reasonable time.
25     If a motion filed pursuant to this subsection is timely
26 filed within 30 days after the sentence is imposed, then for

 

 

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1 purposes of perfecting an appeal, a final judgment shall not be
2 considered to have been entered until the motion to reduce a
3 sentence has been decided by order entered by the trial court.
4     A motion filed pursuant to this subsection shall not be
5 considered to have been timely filed unless it is filed with
6 the circuit court clerk within 30 days after the sentence is
7 imposed together with a notice of motion, which notice of
8 motion shall set the motion on the court's calendar on a date
9 certain within a reasonable time after the date of filing.
10     (d) Except where a term of natural life is imposed, every
11 sentence shall include as though written therein a term in
12 addition to the term of imprisonment. For those sentenced under
13 the law in effect prior to February 1, 1978, such term shall be
14 identified as a parole term. For those sentenced on or after
15 February 1, 1978, such term shall be identified as a mandatory
16 supervised release term. Subject to earlier termination under
17 Section 3-3-8, the parole or mandatory supervised release term
18 shall be as follows:
19         (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except
20     for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
21     child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal
22     sexual assault if committed on or after the effective date
23     of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, 3
24     years;
25         (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for
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1     after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
2     General Assembly, 2 years;
3         (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
4         (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory
5     criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
6     sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after the
7     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
8     Assembly, the term of mandatory supervised release shall
9     range from a minimum of 3 years to a maximum of the natural
10     life of the defendant;
11         (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
12     second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
13     abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
14     the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
15     electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
16     Chapter V of this Code.
17     (e) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
18 of imprisonment imposed by another state or by any district
19 court of the United States and who, after sentence for a crime
20 in Illinois, must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
21 may have his sentence by the Illinois court ordered to be
22 concurrent with the prior sentence in the other state. The
23 court may order that any time served on the unexpired portion
24 of the sentence in the other state, prior to his return to
25 Illinois, shall be credited on his Illinois sentence. The other
26 state shall be furnished with a copy of the order imposing

 

 

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1 sentence which shall provide that, when the offender is
2 released from confinement of the other state, whether by parole
3 or by termination of sentence, the offender shall be
4 transferred by the Sheriff of the committing county to the
5 Illinois Department of Corrections. The court shall cause the
6 Department of Corrections to be notified of such sentence at
7 the time of commitment and to be provided with copies of all
8 records regarding the sentence.
9     (f) A defendant who has a previous and unexpired sentence
10 of imprisonment imposed by an Illinois circuit court for a
11 crime in this State and who is subsequently sentenced to a term
12 of imprisonment by another state or by any district court of
13 the United States and who has served a term of imprisonment
14 imposed by the other state or district court of the United
15 States, and must return to serve the unexpired prior sentence
16 imposed by the Illinois Circuit Court may apply to the court
17 which imposed sentence to have his sentence reduced.
18     The circuit court may order that any time served on the
19 sentence imposed by the other state or district court of the
20 United States be credited on his Illinois sentence. Such
21 application for reduction of a sentence under this subsection
22 (f) shall be made within 30 days after the defendant has
23 completed the sentence imposed by the other state or district
24 court of the United States.
25 (Source: P.A. 94-165, eff. 7-11-05; 94-243, eff. 1-1-06;
26 94-715, eff. 12-13-05.)