Bill Text: IL HB4396 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning obstructing justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4396 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4396-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 31-4 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
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7 | Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
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8 | A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the
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9 | the apprehension
or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | person, he knowingly commits
any of the following acts: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | evidence, plants
false evidence, furnishes false information; | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | or
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14 | (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | subject at issue
to leave the State or conceal himself; or
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16 | (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at issue, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | he leaves the
State or conceals himself.
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18 | (d) Sentence.
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19 | (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection (d).
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21 | (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | related or
gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus Prevention |
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1 | Act, is a Class 3 felony.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 90-363, eff. 1-1-98.)
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