HB0056 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB100 03701 RLC 13706 b

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0056

Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing Section 3-1 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 3-1)

Sec. 3-1. Presumption of innocence and and proof of guilt. Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No person shall be convicted of any offense unless his guilt thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)