Bill Text: IL HB2781 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2781 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2781-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 1961 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2-5 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-5)
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7 | Sec. 2-5. "Conviction".
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8 | "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or sentence | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | entered upon a
plea of guilty or upon a verdict or finding of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | guilty of an offense,
rendered by a legally constituted jury or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | by a court of competent
jurisdiction authorized to try the
the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | case without a jury. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)
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