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Full Text of HB1111  94th General Assembly

HB1111 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1111

 

Introduced 02/08/05, by Rep. John J. Millner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 new

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a statement of a witness is not excluded at the trial of any defendant by the hearsay rule or as a violation of any right to confront witnesses if the witness was murdered by the defendant to prevent the witness from testifying or participating in any criminal investigation or prosecution against the defendant.


LRB094 05990 RXD 36047 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1111 LRB094 05990 RXD 36047 b

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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5 amended by adding Section 115-10.6 as follows:
 
6     (725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 new)
7     Sec. 115-10.6. Admissibility of prior statements of a
8 murdered witness. A statement of a witness is not excluded at
9 the trial of any defendant by the hearsay rule or as a
10 violation of any right to confront witnesses if the witness was
11 murdered by the defendant to prevent the witness from
12 testifying or participating in any criminal investigation or
13 prosecution against the defendant.