96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3750

 

Introduced 2/25/2009, by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-4.3   from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.3
720 ILCS 5/12-14.1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated battery of a child is a Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 years and not more than 60 years. Provides that a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of the offense of aggravated battery of a child shall be sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment. Provides that a person convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child shall be sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment.


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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Sections 12-4.3 and 12-14.1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4.3)
7     Sec. 12-4.3. Aggravated battery of a child.
8     (a) Any person of the age 18 years and upwards who
9 intentionally or knowingly, and without legal justification
10 and by any means, causes great bodily harm or permanent
11 disability or disfigurement to any child under the age of 13
12 years or to any severely or profoundly mentally retarded
13 person, commits the offense of aggravated battery of a child.
14     (a-5) Any person of the age 18 years and upwards who
15 intentionally or knowingly, and without legal justification
16 and by any means, causes bodily harm or disability or
17 disfigurement to any child under the age of 13 years or to any
18 severely or profoundly mentally retarded person, commits the
19 offense of aggravated battery of a child.
20     (b) Sentence.
21     (1) Aggravated battery of a child under subsection (a) of
22 this Section is a Class X felony for which the person shall be
23 sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 years

 

 

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1 and not more than 60 years, except that:
2         (A) if the person committed the offense while armed
3     with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to the term of
4     imprisonment imposed by the court;
5         (B) if, during the commission of the offense, the
6     person personally discharged a firearm, 20 years shall be
7     added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
8         (C) if, during the commission of the offense, the
9     person personally discharged a firearm that proximately
10     caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
11     disfigurement, or death to another person, 25 years or up
12     to a term of natural life shall be added to the term of
13     imprisonment imposed by the court.
14     (2) (Blank). Aggravated battery of a child under subsection
15 (a-5) of this Section is a Class 3 felony.
16     (3) A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation
17 of this Section shall be sentenced to a term of natural life
18 imprisonment.
19 (Source: P.A. 95-768, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
20     (720 ILCS 5/12-14.1)
21     Sec. 12-14.1. Predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
22     (a) The accused commits predatory criminal sexual assault
23 of a child if:
24         (1) the accused was 17 years of age or over and commits
25     an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was under 13

 

 

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1     years of age when the act was committed; or
2         (1.1) the accused was 17 years of age or over and,
3     while armed with a firearm, commits an act of sexual
4     penetration with a victim who was under 13 years of age
5     when the act was committed; or
6         (1.2) the accused was 17 years of age or over and
7     commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was
8     under 13 years of age when the act was committed and,
9     during the commission of the offense, the accused
10     personally discharged a firearm; or
11         (2) the accused was 17 years of age or over and commits
12     an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was under 13
13     years of age when the act was committed and the accused
14     caused great bodily harm to the victim that:
15             (A) resulted in permanent disability; or
16             (B) was life threatening; or
17         (3) the accused was 17 years of age or over and commits
18     an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was under 13
19     years of age when the act was committed and the accused
20     delivered (by injection, inhalation, ingestion, transfer
21     of possession, or any other means) to the victim without
22     his or her consent, or by threat or deception, and for
23     other than medical purposes, any controlled substance.
24     (b) Sentence. A person convicted of predatory criminal
25 sexual assault of a child shall be sentenced to a term of
26 natural life imprisonment.

 

 

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1         (1) (Blank) A person convicted of a violation of
2     subsection (a)(1) commits a Class X felony, for which the
3     person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
4     less than 6 years and not more than 60 years. A person
5     convicted of a violation of subsection (a)(1.1) commits a
6     Class X felony for which 15 years shall be added to the
7     term of imprisonment imposed by the court. A person
8     convicted of a violation of subsection (a)(1.2) commits a
9     Class X felony for which 20 years shall be added to the
10     term of imprisonment imposed by the court. A person
11     convicted of a violation of subsection (a)(2) commits a
12     Class X felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a
13     term of imprisonment of not less than 50 years or up to a
14     term of natural life imprisonment.
15         (1.1) (Blank) A person convicted of a violation of
16     subsection (a)(3) commits a Class X felony for which the
17     person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
18     less than 50 years and not more than 60 years.
19         (1.2) (Blank) A person convicted of predatory criminal
20     sexual assault of a child committed against 2 or more
21     persons regardless of whether the offenses occurred as the
22     result of the same act or of several related or unrelated
23     acts shall be sentenced to a term of natural life
24     imprisonment.
25         (2) (Blank) A person who is convicted of a second or
26     subsequent offense of predatory criminal sexual assault of

 

 

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1     a child, or who is convicted of the offense of predatory
2     criminal sexual assault of a child after having previously
3     been convicted of the offense of criminal sexual assault or
4     the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault, or who
5     is convicted of the offense of predatory criminal sexual
6     assault of a child after having previously been convicted
7     under the laws of this State or any other state of an
8     offense that is substantially equivalent to the offense of
9     predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, the offense
10     of aggravated criminal sexual assault or the offense of
11     criminal sexual assault, shall be sentenced to a term of
12     natural life imprisonment. The commission of the second or
13     subsequent offense is required to have been after the
14     initial conviction for this paragraph (2) to apply.
15 (Source: P.A. 95-640, eff. 6-1-08.)