Bill Text: IL SB3351 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning lineup and photo spread procedure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3351 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3351-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 107A-5 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 5/107A-5)
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7 | Sec. 107A-5. Lineup and photo spread procedure.
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8 | (a) All lineups shall shall be photographed or otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | recorded. These
photographs shall
be disclosed to the accused | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and his or her defense counsel during discovery
proceedings as | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | provided in Illinois Supreme Court Rules. All photographs
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12 | suspects shown to an eyewitness during the photo spread shall | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | be
disclosed to the accused and his or her defense counsel | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | during discovery
proceedings as provided in Illinois Supreme | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Court Rules.
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16 | (b) Each eyewitness who views a lineup or photo spread | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | shall
sign a form containing the following information:
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18 | (1) The suspect might not be in the lineup or photo
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19 | spread and the eyewitness is not obligated to make an
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20 | identification.
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21 | (2) The eyewitness should not assume that the person
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22 | administering the lineup or photo spread knows which
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23 | is the suspect in the case.
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1 | (c) Suspects in a lineup or photo spread should not appear | ||||||
2 | to be
substantially different from "fillers" or "distracters" | ||||||
3 | in the lineup or photo
spread, based on the eyewitness' | ||||||
4 | previous description of the perpetrator, or
based on other | ||||||
5 | factors that would draw attention to the suspect.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03.)
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