Bill Text: IL SB1312 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning conspiracy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1312 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB1312-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 8-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 8-2. Conspiracy. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Elements of the
the offense.
A person commits | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | conspiracy when, with intent that an offense be
committed, he | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | agrees with another to the commission of that offense. No
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| 11 | person may be convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | unless an act in
furtherance of such agreement is alleged and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | proved to have been committed
by him or by a co-conspirator. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | (b) Co-conspirators.
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| 15 | It shall not be a defense to conspiracy that the person or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | persons with
whom the accused is alleged to have conspired:
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| 17 | (1) Has not been prosecuted or convicted, or
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| 18 | (2) Has been convicted of a different offense, or
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| 19 | (3) Is not amenable to justice, or
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| 20 | (4) Has been acquitted, or
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| 21 | (5) Lacked the capacity to commit an offense.
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| 22 | (c) Sentence.
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| 23 | A person convicted of conspiracy may be fined or imprisoned | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | or both not
to exceed the maximum provided for the offense | ||||||
| 2 | which is the object of the
conspiracy, except that if the | ||||||
| 3 | object is an offense prohibited by Sections
11-15, 11-16, | ||||||
| 4 | 11-17, 11-19, 24-1(a)(1), 24-1(a)(7), 28-1, 28-3 and 28-4
of | ||||||
| 5 | the "Criminal Code of 1961", approved July 28, 1961, as | ||||||
| 6 | amended, or
prohibited by Sections 404 or 406 (b) of the | ||||||
| 7 | "Illinois
Controlled Substances Act", enacted by the 77th | ||||||
| 8 | General Assembly, or an
inchoate offense related to any of the | ||||||
| 9 | aforesaid principal offenses, the
person convicted may be | ||||||
| 10 | sentenced for a Class 3 felony however, conspiracy
to commit | ||||||
| 11 | treason, first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, | ||||||
| 12 | aggravated criminal sexual assault, or predatory criminal | ||||||
| 13 | sexual assault of a child is a Class 1 felony, and conspiracy | ||||||
| 14 | to commit any offense other
than those specified in this | ||||||
| 15 | subsection, and other than those set forth
in Sections 401, | ||||||
| 16 | 402, or 407 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,
shall | ||||||
| 17 | not be sentenced in excess of
a Class 4 felony.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 94-184, eff. 7-12-05.)
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