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90_HB2172ham001

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2172
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2172  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
 5    by adding Section 115-20."; and
 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section  5.   The  Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
 9    amended by adding Section 115-20 as follows:
10        (725 ILCS 5/115-20 new)
11        Sec.  115-20.   Confession,  admission   or   inculpatory
12    statement  sufficient  to  convict.  In  a  prosecution for a
13    criminal  offense,  the  confession  or  admission   of   the
14    defendant  or  an  inculpatory  statement of the defendant is
15    sufficient  evidence  for  conviction  if  there  is   either
16    corroborating  evidence or if the court finds the confession,
17    admission, or inculpatory statement to be trustworthy.
18        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
19    becoming law.".

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