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90_HB2260

      730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2        from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2
          Amends the Unified Code of  Corrections.   Provides  that
      committing  an offense against a person under 18 years of age
      or that person's property  is  a  factor  for  the  court  to
      consider  as a reason to impose a more severe sentence.  Also
      provides that a defendant convicted  of  a  felony  committed
      against  a  person  under  18  (now under 12) years of age or
      that person's property may be sentenced to an  extended  term
      sentence.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of Corrections by
 2    changing Section 5-5-3.2.
 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 5-5-3.2 as follows:
 7        (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2)
 8        Sec. 5-5-3.2.  Factors in Aggravation.
 9        (a)  The  following  factors  shall be accorded weight in
10    favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
11    by the court as reasons to  impose  a  more  severe  sentence
12    under Section 5-8-1:
13             (1)  the  defendant's  conduct  caused or threatened
14        serious harm;
15             (2)  the   defendant   received   compensation   for
16        committing the offense;
17             (3)  the  defendant   has   a   history   of   prior
18        delinquency or criminal activity;
19             (4)  the  defendant,  by the duties of his office or
20        by his position, was obliged to  prevent  the  particular
21        offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
22        to justice;
23             (5)  the defendant held public office at the time of
24        the  offense,  and  the offense related to the conduct of
25        that office;
26             (6)  the   defendant   utilized   his   professional
27        reputation or position in the  community  to  commit  the
28        offense,  or  to afford him an easier means of committing
29        it;
30             (7)  the sentence is necessary to deter others  from
31        committing the same crime;
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 1             (8)  the  defendant  committed the offense against a
 2        person  60  years  of  age  or  older  or  such  person's
 3        property;
 4             (8.5)  the defendant committed the offense against a
 5        person under 18 years of age at the time of  the  offense
 6        or such person's property;
 7             (9)  the  defendant  committed the offense against a
 8        person who is physically  handicapped  or  such  person's
 9        property;
10             (10)  by  reason  of  another individual's actual or
11        perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
12        sexual orientation, physical  or  mental  disability,  or
13        national  origin,  the  defendant  committed  the offense
14        against (i) the person or property  of  that  individual;
15        (ii)  the  person  or  property  of  a  person who has an
16        association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
17        the other individual; or (iii) the person or property  of
18        a  relative  (by blood or marriage) of a person described
19        in clause (i) or (ii).  For the purposes of this Section,
20        "sexual     orientation"      means      heterosexuality,
21        homosexuality, or bisexuality;
22             (11)  the  offense  took place in a place of worship
23        or on the grounds of  a  place  of  worship,  immediately
24        prior   to,   during  or  immediately  following  worship
25        services.  For purposes of this subparagraph,  "place  of
26        worship"  shall  mean  any  church,  synagogue  or  other
27        building, structure or place used primarily for religious
28        worship;
29             (12)  the   defendant  was  convicted  of  a  felony
30        committed while he  was  released  on  bail  or  his  own
31        recognizance  pending  trial  for  a prior felony and was
32        convicted of such prior  felony,  or  the  defendant  was
33        convicted  of  a  felony committed while he was serving a
34        period of probation, conditional discharge, or  mandatory
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 1        supervised  release under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1
 2        for a prior felony;
 3             (13)  the defendant committed or attempted to commit
 4        a felony while he was wearing a  bulletproof  vest.   For
 5        the  purposes  of this paragraph (13), a bulletproof vest
 6        is any device  which  is  designed  for  the  purpose  of
 7        protecting  the wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal
 8        projectiles;
 9             (14)  the defendant held  a  position  of  trust  or
10        supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
11        defined  in  Section  12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
12        teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day  care  worker,
13        in  relation  to  a victim under 18 years of age, and the
14        defendant committed an offense in  violation  of  Section
15        11-6,  11-11,  11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13,
16        12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the  Criminal  Code  of
17        1961 against that victim;
18             (15)  the  defendant committed an offense related to
19        the activities of an organized gang.  For the purposes of
20        this factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to
21        it in Section 10  of  the  Streetgang  Terrorism  Omnibus
22        Prevention Act;
23             (16)  the   defendant   committed   an   offense  in
24        violation of one of the following  Sections  while  in  a
25        school, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
26        any  conveyance  owned, leased, or contracted by a school
27        to transport students to  or  from  school  or  a  school
28        related activity; on the real property of a school; or on
29        a  public  way  within  1,000  feet  of the real property
30        comprising any school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-15.1,
31        11-17.1, 11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,  12-2, 12-4,  12-4.1,
32        12-4.2,  12-4.3,  12-6,  12-6.1,   12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
33        12-15, 12-16,  18-2, or 33A-2 of  the  Criminal  Code  of
34        1961.
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 1        For  the purposes of this Section, "school" is defined as
 2    a public or private elementary or secondary school, community
 3    college, college, or university.
 4        (b)  The following factors may be considered by the court
 5    as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under  Section
 6    5-8-2 upon any offender:
 7             (1)  When  a  defendant  is convicted of any felony,
 8        after having been previously convicted in Illinois or any
 9        other jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
10        greater class felony, when such conviction  has  occurred
11        within  10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
12        time spent in custody, and such  charges  are  separately
13        brought  and  tried  and arise out of different series of
14        acts; or
15             (2)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
16        the court finds  that  the  offense  was  accompanied  by
17        exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous behavior indicative of
18        wanton cruelty; or
19             (3)  When a  defendant  is  convicted  of  voluntary
20        manslaughter,    second    degree   murder,   involuntary
21        manslaughter or reckless homicide in which the  defendant
22        has  been convicted of causing the death of more than one
23        individual; or
24             (4)  When a defendant is  convicted  of  any  felony
25        committed against:
26                  (i)  a  person  under 18 12 years of age at the
27             time of the offense or such person's property;
28                  (ii)  a person 60 years of age or older at  the
29             time of the offense or such person's property; or
30                  (iii)  a  person  physically handicapped at the
31             time of the offense or such person's property; or
32             (5)  In  the  case  of  a  defendant  convicted   of
33        aggravated  criminal  sexual  assault  or criminal sexual
34        assault, when the court finds  that  aggravated  criminal
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 1        sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual  assault  was  also
 2        committed  on  the  same  victim  by  one  or  more other
 3        individuals, and the defendant  voluntarily  participated
 4        in  the  crime with the knowledge of the participation of
 5        the others in the crime, and the commission of the  crime
 6        was part of a single course of conduct during which there
 7        was  no  substantial change in the nature of the criminal
 8        objective; or
 9             (6)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
10        the offense  involved  any  of  the  following  types  of
11        specific  misconduct  committed  as  part  of a ceremony,
12        rite, initiation, observance,  performance,  practice  or
13        activity   of   any   actual   or  ostensible  religious,
14        fraternal, or social group:
15                  (i)  the brutalizing or torturing of humans  or
16             animals;
17                  (ii)  the theft of human corpses;
18                  (iii)  the kidnapping of humans;
19                  (iv)  the    desecration   of   any   cemetery,
20             religious,   fraternal,   business,    governmental,
21             educational, or other building or property; or
22                  (v)  ritualized abuse of a child; or
23             (7)  When  a  defendant is convicted of first degree
24        murder,  after  having  been  previously   convicted   in
25        Illinois  of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2) of
26        Section 5-5-3, when such conviction has  occurred  within
27        10  years  after  the previous conviction, excluding time
28        spent in custody, and such charges are separately brought
29        and tried and arise out of different series of acts; or
30             (8)  When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
31        than conspiracy and the court finds that the  felony  was
32        committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
33        to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
34        the  other individuals, occupied a position of organizer,
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 1        supervisor,  financier,  or   any   other   position   of
 2        management  or  leadership,  and  the court further finds
 3        that  the  felony  committed  was  related   to   or   in
 4        furtherance  of  the  criminal activities of an organized
 5        gang or was motivated by the defendant's leadership in an
 6        organized gang; or
 7             (9)  When a  defendant  is  convicted  of  a  felony
 8        violation  of  Section  24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961
 9        and the court finds that the defendant is a member of  an
10        organized gang.
11        (b-1)  For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang"
12    has  the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
13    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
14        (c)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
15    Section  5-8-2  upon  any  offender  who  was  convicted   of
16    aggravated criminal sexual assault where the victim was under
17    18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
18    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-215; 88-659; 88-677, eff. 12-15-94;
19    88-678,  eff.  7-1-95;  88-680,  eff.  1-1-95;  89-235,  eff.
20    8-4-95; 89-377, eff. 8-18-95; 89-428, eff. 12-13-95;  89-462,
21    eff.  5-29-96;  89-689  (Sections 65 and 115), eff. 12-31-96;
22    revised 1-22-97.)

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