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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 1. Intent; purpose. After the finding of the
5Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Hauschild, 226 Ill.2d 63
6(2007), regarding unconstitutionally disproportionate
7penalties, the General Assembly passed legislation that became
8Public Act 95-688. Among other things, Public Act 95-688
9amended Sections 33A-2 and 33A-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
10with the intention of ensuring the validity of the enhanced
11penalty provisions of Section 18-2 of the Criminal Code of
121961. However, in People v. Coleman, 399 Ill.App.3d 1150
13(2010), the Fourth District Appellate Court found that the
14enhanced penalty provisions of Section 18-2 of the Criminal
15Code of 1961 were void ab initio, notwithstanding Public Act
1695-688. This Act is an explicit reenactment of Section 18-2 of
17the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
18    Section 5. Section 18-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 is
19reenacted as follows:
 
20    (720 ILCS 5/18-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 18-2)
21    Sec. 18-2. Armed robbery.
22    (a) A person commits armed robbery when he or she violates

 

 

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1Section 18-1; and
2        (1) he or she carries on or about his or her person or
3    is otherwise armed with a dangerous weapon other than a
4    firearm; or
5        (2) he or she carries on or about his or her person or
6    is otherwise armed with a firearm; or
7        (3) he or she, during the commission of the offense,
8    personally discharges a firearm; or
9        (4) he or she, during the commission of the offense,
10    personally discharges a firearm that proximately causes
11    great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent
12    disfigurement, or death to another person.
13    (b) Sentence.
14    Armed robbery in violation of subsection (a)(1) is a Class
15X felony. A violation of subsection (a)(2) is a Class X felony
16for which 15 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
17imposed by the court. A violation of subsection (a)(3) is a
18Class X felony for which 20 years shall be added to the term of
19imprisonment imposed by the court. A violation of subsection
20(a)(4) is a Class X felony for which 25 years or up to a term of
21natural life shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed
22by the court.
23(Source: P.A. 91-404, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.