97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3715

 

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/5-1  from Ch. 38, par. 5-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.


LRB097 19260 RLC 64504 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3715LRB097 19260 RLC 64504 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 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 5-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)
7    Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another.
8    A person is responsible for conduct which is an element of
9an offense if the the conduct is either that of the person
10himself, or that of another and he is legally accountable for
11such conduct as provided in Section 5--2, or both.
12(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)