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SB1018 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1018

 

Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/3-1  from Ch. 38, par. 3-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning presumption of innocence and proof of guilt.


LRB098 05250 RLC 35282 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1018LRB098 05250 RLC 35282 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 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 3-1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/3-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 3-1)
7    Sec. 3-1. Presumption of innocence and and proof of guilt.
8    Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No
9person shall be convicted of any offense unless his guilt
10thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
11(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)