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90_HB2258
730 ILCS 5/5-2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-2-5
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Adds a heading
to Section relating to a clinical psychologist testifying as
to issues of defendant's fitness.
LRB9004914RCks
LRB9004914RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 5-2-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 changing Section 5-2-5 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/5-2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-2-5)
8 Sec. 5-2-5. Clinical psychologist as expert witness. In
9 any issue of determination of fitness of a defendant to
10 plead, to stand trial, to be sentenced or to be executed, or
11 in any issue related to insanity or to mental illness, a
12 clinical psychologist as defined in paragraph (a) of Section
13 102-21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 shall be
14 deemed qualified to testify as an expert witness in the form
15 of his opinion about the issue of fitness or insanity or
16 mental illness and shall not be restricted to testifying with
17 regard to test results only.
18 (Source: P.A. 82-553.)