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90_HB2233
720 ILCS 5/33B-3 from Ch. 38, par. 33B-3
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Adds a heading to
Section that provides that an offense for which the defendant
was released because of a pardon granted on account of
innocence shall not be considered for the purposes of
determining whether the defendant is a habitual criminal.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 33B-3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 33B-3 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/33B-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 33B-3)
8 Sec. 33B-3. Pardon. If the person so convicted shall
9 show to the satisfaction of the court before whom such
10 conviction was had that he was released from imprisonment,
11 upon either of the sentences upon a pardon granted for the
12 reason that he was innocent, such conviction and sentence
13 shall not be considered under Section 33B-1.
14 (Source: P.A. 80-1099.)