Bill Text: IL SB1277 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1277 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1277-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1277 Introduced 1/31/2013, by Sen. Michael Noland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 2-5
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".
LRB098 08791 RLC 38917 b
A BILL FOR
SB1277 LRB098 08791 RLC 38917 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 2012 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.)