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Full Text of HB5271  103rd General Assembly

HB5271eng 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
HB5271 EngrossedLRB103 37570 RLC 67696 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 6-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/6-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 6-3)
7    Sec. 6-3. Intoxicated or drugged condition.
8    (a) A person who is in an intoxicated or drugged condition
9is criminally responsible for conduct unless such condition is
10involuntarily produced and deprives him of substantial
11capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct
12or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.
13    (b) Evidence of a defendant's voluntary intoxication is
14not admissible for the purpose of negating the defendant's
15mental state, nor shall any such argument to the trier of fact
16be permitted. However, evidence of a defendant's voluntary
17intoxication is admissible for any other relevant purpose. If
18evidence of the defendant's intoxication, either voluntary or
19involuntary, is admitted, the trier of fact shall be
20instructed that voluntary intoxication is not a defense to the
21crime charged.
22(Source: P.A. 92-466, eff. 1-1-02.)