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92_SB1774

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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 115-21 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/115-21 new)
 7        Sec. 115-21.  Rules of evidence for the trial of  capital
 8    cases.  If a defendant is charged with an offense for which a
 9    sentence of death is authorized and the State's Attorney  has
10    not,  at the time of trial, filed a certificate indicating he
11    or she will not seek the  death  penalty  or  stated  on  the
12    record  in  open  court  that  the  death penalty will not be
13    sought, then the following special rules  of  evidence  shall
14    apply at the trial to determine the defendants' guilt:
15             (1)  If  the  defendant  chooses  to  testify, then,
16        notwithstanding  any  other  rules  of  evidence  to  the
17        contrary, the following shall not be  admissible,  unless
18        the defendant offers evidence of his good character:
19                  (A)  evidence  of  a  prior  conviction  of the
20             defendant;
21                  (B)  evidence of specific instances of  conduct
22             of  the  defendant offered solely for the purpose of
23             attacking the defendant's credibility; and
24                  (C)  other  evidence  offered  solely  for  the
25             purpose of showing  the  defendant's  character  for
26             untruthfulness.
27             (2)  If  the  State  introduces  testimony  from  an
28        eyewitness   for   the   purpose   of   establishing  the
29        defendant's identity as the perpetrator of  the  offense,
30        the  defendant  shall  be  permitted  to introduce expert
31        testimony  regarding  the  possible  fallibility  of  the
 
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 1        testifying eyewitness' identification.
 2             (3)  The State is not  permitted  to  introduce  any
 3        testimony  from  an  accomplice  of  the  defendant or an
 4        informant against the defendant who has been  granted  or
 5        promised immunity from prosecution, sentence reduction or
 6        any  other  form of leniency or other favorable treatment
 7        by the prosecution in exchange for his or her testimony.
 8             (4)  Unless it is corroborated by a tape  recording,
 9        the  State  is  not  permitted  to  introduce a statement
10        against  interest  made  by  the  defendant   while   the
11        defendant was in the custody of a law enforcement agency,
12        a  county  department of corrections or detention, or the
13        Illinois Department of Corrections through the  testimony
14        of  a person who was in custody with the defendant at the
15        time the statement was made.
16             (5)  To the extent not inconsistent with clauses (1)
17        through (4), the rules  of  evidence  governing  criminal
18        trials   in   the   State  of  Illinois  shall  be  fully
19        applicable.

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