97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0911

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/2-5 from Ch. 38, par. 2-5

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".
LRB097 03730 RLC 43767 b

A BILL FOR

HB0911LRB097 03730 RLC 43767 b
1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 2-5 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 2-5)
7 Sec. 2-5. "Conviction".
8 "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or sentence
9entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a verdict or finding of
10guilty of an offense, rendered by a legally constituted jury or
11by a court of competent jurisdiction authorized to try the the
12case without a jury.
13(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)