100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0056

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang

 

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.


LRB100 03701 RLC 13706 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0056LRB100 03701 RLC 13706 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 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 3-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/3-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 3-1)
7    Sec. 3-1. Presumption of innocence and and proof of guilt.
8Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No
9person shall be convicted of any offense unless his guilt
10thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
11(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)