Bill Text: IL HB1096 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an affirmative defense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-11 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1096 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1096-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3-2 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/3-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-2)
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7 | Sec. 3-2. Affirmative defense.
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8 | (a) "Affirmative defense" means that
that unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | State's evidence raises
the issue involving the alleged | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | defense, the defendant, to raise the issue,
must present some | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | evidence thereon. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) If the issue involved in an affirmative defense, other | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | than insanity,
is raised then the
State must sustain the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | burden of proving the defendant guilty beyond a
reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | doubt as to that issue together with all the other elements of
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16 | the offense. If the affirmative defense of insanity is raised, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the defendant
bears the burden of proving by clear and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | convincing
evidence his insanity
at the time of the offense.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 89-404, eff. 8-20-95; 90-593, eff. 6-19-98.)
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