Bill Text: IL HB4862 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning presumption of innocence and proof of guilt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4862 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4862-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4862 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/3-1 from Ch. 38, par. 3-1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning presumption of innocence and proof of guilt.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Section 3-1 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-1)
Sec. 3-1. Presumption of innocence and and proof of guilt.
Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No
person shall be convicted of any offense unless his guilt
thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)