Bill Text: IL SB3170 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section on grounds for a search warrant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3170 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3170-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,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 108-3 as follows:
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| 6 | (725 ILCS 5/108-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 108-3)
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| 7 | Sec. 108-3. Grounds for search warrant.
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| 8 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), upon the the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | written complaint of
any person under oath or affirmation
which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | states facts sufficient to show probable cause and which
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| 11 | particularly describes the place or person, or both, to be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | searched and
the things to be seized, any judge may issue a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | search warrant for the
seizure of the following:
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| 14 | (1) Any instruments, articles or things designed or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | intended for use
or which are or have been used in the
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| 16 | commission of, or which may constitute evidence of, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | offense in
connection with which the warrant is issued; or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | contraband, the fruits of
crime, or things otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | criminally possessed.
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| 20 | (2) Any person who has been kidnaped in violation of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | the laws of
this State, or who has been kidnaped in another | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | jurisdiction and is now
concealed within this State, or any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | human fetus or human corpse.
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| 1 | (b) When the things to be seized are the work product of, | ||||||
| 2 | or used in the
ordinary course of business, and in the | ||||||
| 3 | possession, custody, or control
of any person known to be | ||||||
| 4 | engaged in the gathering or dissemination of news
for the print | ||||||
| 5 | or broadcast media, no judge may issue a search warrant unless
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| 6 | the requirements set forth in subsection (a) are satisfied and | ||||||
| 7 | there is
probable cause to believe that:
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| 8 | (1) such person has committed or is committing a | ||||||
| 9 | criminal offense; or
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| 10 | (2) the things to be seized will be destroyed or | ||||||
| 11 | removed from the State
if the search warrant is not issued.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 89-377, eff. 8-18-95.)
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