97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0085

 

Introduced 1/12/2011, by Rep. Annazette Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/5-401.5

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that an oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor who, at the time of the commission of the offense was under the age of 17 years, made as a result of a custodial interrogation conducted at a police station or other place of detention shall be presumed to be inadmissible as evidence against the minor in any criminal proceeding, for an act that if committed by an adult would be homicide or would be driving under the influence that was the proximate cause of death of another person unless the minor was allowed to consult with and have access to counsel throughout the entire custodial interrogation.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Section 5-401.5 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/5-401.5)
7    Sec. 5-401.5. When statements by minor may be used.
8    (a) In this Section, "custodial interrogation" means any
9interrogation (i) during which a reasonable person in the
10subject's position would consider himself or herself to be in
11custody and (ii) during which a question is asked that is
12reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response.
13    In this Section, "electronic recording" includes motion
14picture, audiotape, videotape, or digital recording.
15    In this Section, "place of detention" means a building or a
16police station that is a place of operation for a municipal
17police department or county sheriff department or other law
18enforcement agency at which persons are or may be held in
19detention in connection with criminal charges against those
20persons or allegations that those persons are delinquent
21minors.
22    (b) An oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor
23who, at the time of the commission of the offense was under the

 

 

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1age of 17 years, made as a result of a custodial interrogation
2conducted at a police station or other place of detention on or
3after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
4General Assembly shall be presumed to be inadmissible as
5evidence against the minor in any criminal proceeding or
6juvenile court proceeding, for an act that if committed by an
7adult would be brought under Section 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1,
89-3, 9-3.2, or 9-3.3, of the Criminal Code of 1961 or under
9clause (d)(1)(F) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code
10unless:
11        (1) an electronic recording is made of the custodial
12    interrogation; and
13        (2) the recording is substantially accurate and not
14    intentionally altered.
15    (b-1) An oral, written, or sign language statement of a
16minor who, at the time of the commission of the offense was
17under the age of 17 years, made as a result of a custodial
18interrogation conducted at a police station or other place of
19detention on or after July 18, 2005 shall be presumed to be
20inadmissible as evidence against the minor in any criminal
21proceeding, for an act that if committed by an adult would be
22brought under Section 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.2, or
239-3.3, of the Criminal Code of 1961 or under clause (d)(1)(F)
24of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless the minor
25was allowed to consult with and have access to counsel
26throughout the entire custodial interrogation.

 

 

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1    (c) Every electronic recording required under this Section
2must be preserved until such time as the minor's adjudication
3for any offense relating to the statement is final and all
4direct and habeas corpus appeals are exhausted, or the
5prosecution of such offenses is barred by law.
6    (d) If the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence,
7that the minor was subjected to a custodial interrogation in
8violation of this Section, then any statements made by the
9minor during or following that non-recorded custodial
10interrogation, even if otherwise in compliance with this
11Section, are presumed to be inadmissible in any criminal
12proceeding or juvenile court proceeding against the minor
13except for the purposes of impeachment.
14    (e) Nothing in this Section precludes the admission (i) of
15a statement made by the minor in open court in any criminal
16proceeding or juvenile court proceeding, before a grand jury,
17or at a preliminary hearing, (ii) of a statement made during a
18custodial interrogation that was not recorded as required by
19this Section because electronic recording was not feasible,
20(iii) of a voluntary statement, whether or not the result of a
21custodial interrogation, that has a bearing on the credibility
22of the accused as a witness, (iv) of a spontaneous statement
23that is not made in response to a question, (v) of a statement
24made after questioning that is routinely asked during the
25processing of the arrest of the suspect, (vi) of a statement
26made during a custodial interrogation by a suspect who

 

 

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1requests, prior to making the statement, to respond to the
2interrogator's questions only if an electronic recording is not
3made of the statement, provided that an electronic recording is
4made of the statement of agreeing to respond to the
5interrogator's question, only if a recording is not made of the
6statement, (vii) of a statement made during a custodial
7interrogation that is conducted out-of-state, (viii) of a
8statement given at a time when the interrogators are unaware
9that a death has in fact occurred, or (ix) of any other
10statement that may be admissible under law. The State shall
11bear the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence,
12that one of the exceptions described in this subsection (e) is
13applicable. Nothing in this Section precludes the admission of
14a statement, otherwise inadmissible under this Section, that is
15used only for impeachment and not as substantive evidence.
16    (f) The presumption of inadmissibility of a statement made
17by a suspect at a custodial interrogation at a police station
18or other place of detention may be overcome by a preponderance
19of the evidence that the statement was voluntarily given and is
20reliable, based on the totality of the circumstances.
21    (g) Any electronic recording of any statement made by a
22minor during a custodial interrogation that is compiled by any
23law enforcement agency as required by this Section for the
24purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this Section shall
25be confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying,
26as provided under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act,

 

 

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1and the information shall not be transmitted to anyone except
2as needed to comply with this Section.
3    (h) A statement, admission, confession, or incriminating
4information made by or obtained from a minor related to the
5instant offense, as part of any behavioral health screening,
6assessment, evaluation, or treatment, whether or not
7court-ordered, shall not be admissible as evidence against the
8minor on the issue of guilt only in the instant juvenile court
9proceeding. The provisions of this subsection (h) are in
10addition to and do not override any existing statutory and
11constitutional prohibition on the admission into evidence in
12delinquency proceedings of information obtained during
13screening, assessment, or treatment.
14(Source: P.A. 96-1251, eff. 1-1-11.)