Bill Text: IL HB3538 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning obstructing justice and in a Section concerning communicating with jurors and witnesses.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3538 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3538-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3538 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/31-4 from Ch. 38, par. 31-4
720 ILCS 5/32-4 from Ch. 38, par. 32-4
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning obstructing justice and in a Section concerning communicating with jurors and witnesses.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Sections 31-4 and 32-4 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the
the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any
person, he knowingly commits any of the following acts:
(a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical
evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false information;
or
(b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the
subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself; or
(c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at issue,
he leaves the State or conceals himself.
(d) Sentence.
(1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as
provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (d).
(2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang
related or gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10
of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention

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Act, is a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 90-363, eff. 1-1-98.)
(720 ILCS 5/32-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4)
Sec. 32-4. Communicating with jurors and witnesses.
(a) A person who, with intent to influence any any person
whom he believes has been summoned as a juror, regarding any
matter which is or may be brought before such juror,
communicates, directly or indirectly, with such juror
otherwise than as authorized by law commits a Class 4 felony.
(b) A person who, with intent to deter any party or witness
from testifying freely, fully and truthfully to any matter
pending in any court, or before a Grand Jury, Administrative
agency or any other State or local governmental unit, forcibly
detains such party or witness, or communicates, directly or
indirectly, to such party or witness any knowingly false
information or a threat of injury or damage to the property or
person of any individual or offers or delivers or threatens to
withhold money or another thing of value to any individual
commits a Class 3 felony.
(c) A person who violates the Juror Protection Act commits
a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 94-186, eff. 1-1-06.)