Bill Text: IL SB1045 | 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 the definition of "conviction".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1045 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB1045-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB1045 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 2-5
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".
LRB097 04749 RLC 44788 b
A BILL FOR
SB1045 LRB097 04749 RLC 44788 b
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
Section 2-5 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-5)
Sec. 2-5. "Conviction".
"Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or sentence
entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a verdict or finding of
guilty of an offense, rendered by a legally constituted jury or
by a court of competent jurisdiction authorized to try the the
case without a jury.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)