Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

Filed: 4/12/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1929

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1929 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
7    Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; enhancements for
8use of a firearm; mandatory supervised release terms.
9    (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining
10the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a sentence of
11imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set
12by the court under this Section, according to the following
13limitations:
14        (1) for first degree murder,
15            (a) (blank),
16            (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable

 

 

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1        doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
2        brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton
3        cruelty or, except as set forth in subsection (a)(1)(c)
4        of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
5        listed in subsection (b) or (b-5) of Section 9-1 of the
6        Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 are
7        present, the court may sentence the defendant to a term
8        of natural life imprisonment, or
9            (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a
10        term of natural life imprisonment when the death
11        penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
12                (i) has previously been convicted of first
13            degree murder under any state or federal law, or
14                (ii) is a person who, at the time of the
15            commission of the murder, had attained the age of
16            18 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
17            individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective
18            of the defendant's age at the time of the
19            commission of the offense, is a person who, at the
20            time of the commission of the murder, had attained
21            the age of 17 or more and is found guilty of
22            murdering an individual under 12 years of age; or,
23            irrespective of the defendant's age at the time of
24            the commission of the offense, is found guilty of
25            murdering more than one victim, or
26                (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace

 

 

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1            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
2            when the peace officer, fireman, or emergency
3            management worker was killed in the course of
4            performing his official duties, or to prevent the
5            peace officer or fireman from performing his
6            official duties, or in retaliation for the peace
7            officer, fireman, or emergency management worker
8            from performing his official duties, and the
9            defendant knew or should have known that the
10            murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman,
11            or emergency management worker, or
12                (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee
13            of an institution or facility of the Department of
14            Corrections, or any similar local correctional
15            agency, when the employee was killed in the course
16            of performing his official duties, or to prevent
17            the employee from performing his official duties,
18            or in retaliation for the employee performing his
19            official duties, or
20                (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency
21            medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical
22            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
23            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other
24            medical assistance or first aid person while
25            employed by a municipality or other governmental
26            unit when the person was killed in the course of

 

 

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1            performing official duties or to prevent the
2            person from performing official duties or in
3            retaliation for performing official duties and the
4            defendant knew or should have known that the
5            murdered individual was an emergency medical
6            technician - ambulance, emergency medical
7            technician - intermediate, emergency medical
8            technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other
9            medical assistant or first aid personnel, or
10                (vi) is a person who, at the time of the
11            commission of the murder, had not attained the age
12            of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person
13            under 12 years of age and the murder is committed
14            during the course of aggravated criminal sexual
15            assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
16            kidnaping, or
17                (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder
18            and the murder was committed by reason of any
19            person's activity as a community policing
20            volunteer or to prevent any person from engaging in
21            activity as a community policing volunteer. For
22            the purpose of this Section, "community policing
23            volunteer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
24            Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
25            For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical
26        technician - ambulance", "emergency medical technician -

 

 

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1         intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
2        paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the
3        Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
4            (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while
5            armed with a firearm, 15 years shall be added to
6            the term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
7                (ii) if, during the commission of the offense,
8            the person personally discharged a firearm, 20
9            years shall be added to the term of imprisonment
10            imposed by the court;
11                (iii) if, during the commission of the
12            offense, the person personally discharged a
13            firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
14            permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or
15            death to another person, 25 years or up to a term
16            of natural life shall be added to the term of
17            imprisonment imposed by the court.
18        (2) (blank);
19        (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances
20    described in subdivision (b)(1)(B) of Section 11-1.20 or
21    paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 12-13,
22    subdivision (d)(2) of Section 11-1.30 or paragraph (2) of
23    subsection (d) of Section 12-14, subdivision (b)(1.2) of
24    Section 11-1.40 or paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of
25    Section 12-14.1, subdivision (b)(2) of Section 11-1.40 or
26    paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1 of the

 

 

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1    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the
2    sentence shall be a term of natural life imprisonment.
3    (b) (Blank).
4    (c) (Blank).
5    (d) Subject to earlier termination under Section 3-3-8, the
6parole or mandatory supervised release term shall be written as
7part of the sentencing order and shall be as follows:
8        (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except
9    for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a
10    child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal
11    sexual assault if committed on or after the effective date
12    of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
13    except for the offense of aggravated child pornography
14    under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 with
15    sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 of the
16    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if
17    committed on or after January 1, 2009, 3 years;
18        (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for
19    the offense of criminal sexual assault if committed on or
20    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
21    General Assembly and except for the offenses of manufacture
22    and dissemination of child pornography under clauses
23    (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code
24    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if committed on or
25    after January 1, 2009, 2 years;
26        (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;

 

 

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1        (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory
2    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
3    sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after the
4    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
5    Assembly, or who commit the offense of aggravated child
6    pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1
7    with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1
8    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
9    manufacture of child pornography, or dissemination of
10    child pornography after January 1, 2009, the term of
11    mandatory supervised release shall range from a minimum of
12    3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the defendant;
13        (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a
14    second or subsequent offense of aggravated criminal sexual
15    abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse, 4 years, at least
16    the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
17    electronic home detention program under Article 8A of
18    Chapter V of this Code;
19        (6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic
20    battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony
21    violation of an order of protection, 4 years.
22    (e) (Blank).
23    (f) (Blank).
24    (g) In People v. Wooters, 188 Ill. 2d 500 (1999), the
25Illinois Supreme Court declared that Public Act 89-203 violates
26the single subject rule of the Illinois Constitution (ILCON

 

 

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1Art. IV, Sec. 8) by including certain provisions relating to
2mortgage foreclosure in a bill otherwise relating to crime. It
3is the purpose of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
4Assembly to re-enact and modify the provision relating to the
5imposition of a mandatory term of natural life imprisonment if
6the defendant is found guilty of murdering an individual under
712 years of age. It is also the intent of this amendatory Act
8to comply with the United States Supreme Court decision of
9Miller v. Alabama which prohibits mandatory sentences of life
10imprisonment without parole for murder where the defendant was
11under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the
12offense.
13(Source: P.A. 96-282, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
1496-1200, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1475, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551, eff.
157-1-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-531, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1109,
16eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)".