HB2074 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 






 

 		











94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2074


 
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













720 ILCS 5/3-1
  from Ch. 38, par. 3-1







    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning presumption of innocence and proof of guilt.
















LRB094 03020 RLC 33021 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











HB2074

LRB094 03020 RLC 33021 b






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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing 
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Section 3-1 as follows:
 



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    (720 ILCS 5/3-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 3-1)



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    Sec. 3-1. Presumption of innocence and
and proof of guilt. 

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    Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No 
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person shall
be convicted of any offense unless his guilt 
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thereof is proved beyond a
reasonable doubt.

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(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)