Bill Text: IL SB1471 | 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 a person's accountability for another person's conduct.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0523 [SB1471 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1471-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0523 [SB1471 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1471-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 5-1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)
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7 | Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another.
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8 | A person is responsible for conduct which is an element of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | an offense if
the
the conduct is either that of the person | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | himself, or that of another and he
is legally accountable for | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | such conduct as provided in Section 5--2, or
both. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)
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