HB5871 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 18688 RLC 44415 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5871

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/5-1

from Ch. 38, par. 5-1

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

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 5-1 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)

Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another.

A person is responsible for conduct which is an element of an offense if the conduct is either that of the person himself, or that of another and he is legally accountable for the such conduct as provided in Section 5-2, or both.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)