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91_HB1786

 
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  by
 2    changing Section 5-5-3.2.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Section 5-5-3.2 as follows:

 7        (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2)
 8        Sec. 5-5-3.2.  Factors in Aggravation.
 9        (a)  The following factors shall be  accorded  weight  in
10    favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
11    by  the  court  as  reasons  to impose a more severe sentence
12    under Section 5-8-1:
13             (1)  the defendant's conduct  caused  or  threatened
14        serious harm;
15             (2)  the   defendant   received   compensation   for
16        committing the offense;
17             (3)  the   defendant   has   a   history   of  prior
18        delinquency or criminal activity;
19             (4)  the defendant, by the duties of his  office  or
20        by  his  position,  was obliged to prevent the particular
21        offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
22        to justice;
23             (5)  the defendant held public office at the time of
24        the offense, and the offense related to  the  conduct  of
25        that office;
26             (6)  the   defendant   utilized   his   professional
27        reputation  or  position  in  the community to commit the
28        offense, or to afford him an easier means  of  committing
29        it;
30             (7)  the  sentence is necessary to deter others from
31        committing the same crime;
 
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 1             (8)  the defendant committed the offense  against  a
 2        person  60  years  of  age  or  older  or  such  person's
 3        property;
 4             (9)  the  defendant  committed the offense against a
 5        person who is physically  handicapped  or  such  person's
 6        property;
 7             (10)  by  reason  of  another individual's actual or
 8        perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
 9        sexual orientation, physical  or  mental  disability,  or
10        national  origin,  the  defendant  committed  the offense
11        against (i) the person or property  of  that  individual;
12        (ii)  the  person  or  property  of  a  person who has an
13        association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
14        the other individual; or (iii) the person or property  of
15        a  relative  (by blood or marriage) of a person described
16        in clause (i) or (ii).  For the purposes of this Section,
17        "sexual     orientation"      means      heterosexuality,
18        homosexuality, or bisexuality;
19             (11)  the  offense  took place in a place of worship
20        or on the grounds of  a  place  of  worship,  immediately
21        prior   to,   during  or  immediately  following  worship
22        services.  For purposes of this subparagraph,  "place  of
23        worship"  shall  mean  any  church,  synagogue  or  other
24        building, structure or place used primarily for religious
25        worship;
26             (12)  the   defendant  was  convicted  of  a  felony
27        committed while he  was  released  on  bail  or  his  own
28        recognizance  pending  trial  for  a prior felony and was
29        convicted of such prior  felony,  or  the  defendant  was
30        convicted  of  a  felony committed while he was serving a
31        period of probation, conditional discharge, or  mandatory
32        supervised  release under subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1
33        for a prior felony;
34             (13)  the defendant committed or attempted to commit
 
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 1        a felony while he was wearing a  bulletproof  vest.   For
 2        the  purposes  of this paragraph (13), a bulletproof vest
 3        is any device  which  is  designed  for  the  purpose  of
 4        protecting  the wearer from bullets, shot or other lethal
 5        projectiles;
 6             (14)  the defendant held  a  position  of  trust  or
 7        supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
 8        defined  in  Section  12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
 9        teacher, scout leader, baby sitter, or day  care  worker,
10        in  relation  to  a victim under 18 years of age, and the
11        defendant committed an offense in  violation  of  Section
12        11-6,  11-11,  11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-13,
13        12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the  Criminal  Code  of
14        1961 against that victim;
15             (15)  the  defendant committed an offense related to
16        the activities of an organized gang.  For the purposes of
17        this factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to
18        it in Section 10  of  the  Streetgang  Terrorism  Omnibus
19        Prevention Act;
20             (16)  the   defendant   committed   an   offense  in
21        violation of one of the following  Sections  while  in  a
22        school, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
23        any  conveyance  owned, leased, or contracted by a school
24        to transport students to  or  from  school  or  a  school
25        related activity; on the real property of a school; or on
26        a  public  way  within  1,000  feet  of the real property
27        comprising any school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-15.1,
28        11-17.1, 11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,  12-2, 12-4,  12-4.1,
29        12-4.2,  12-4.3,  12-6,  12-6.1,   12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
30        12-15, 12-16,  18-2, or 33A-2 of  the  Criminal  Code  of
31        1961;
32             (17)  the  defendant committed the offense by reason
33        of  any  person's  activity  as  a   community   policing
34        volunteer  or  to  prevent  any  person  from engaging in
 
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 1        activity as a  community  policing  volunteer.   For  the
 2        purpose  of  this Section, "community policing volunteer"
 3        has the meaning ascribed to it in Section  2-3.5  of  the
 4        Criminal Code of 1961.
 5        For  the purposes of this Section, "school" is defined as
 6    a public or private elementary or secondary school, community
 7    college, college, or university.
 8        (b)  The following factors may be considered by the court
 9    as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under  Section
10    5-8-2 upon any offender:
11             (1)  When  a  defendant  is convicted of any felony,
12        after having been previously convicted in Illinois or any
13        other jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
14        greater class felony, when such conviction  has  occurred
15        within  10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
16        time spent in custody, and such  charges  are  separately
17        brought  and  tried  and arise out of different series of
18        acts; or
19             (2)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
20        the court finds  that  the  offense  was  accompanied  by
21        exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous behavior indicative of
22        wanton cruelty; or
23             (3)  When a  defendant  is  convicted  of  voluntary
24        manslaughter,    second    degree   murder,   involuntary
25        manslaughter or reckless homicide in which the  defendant
26        has  been convicted of causing the death of more than one
27        individual; or
28             (4)  When a defendant is  convicted  of  any  felony
29        committed against:
30                  (i)  a person under 12 years of age at the time
31             of the offense or such person's property;
32                  (ii)  a  person 60 years of age or older at the
33             time of the offense or such person's property; or
34                  (iii)  a person physically handicapped  at  the
 
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 1             time of the offense or such person's property; or
 2             (5)  In   the  case  of  a  defendant  convicted  of
 3        aggravated criminal sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual
 4        assault,  when  the  court finds that aggravated criminal
 5        sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual  assault  was  also
 6        committed on  the  same  victim  by  one  or  more  other
 7        individuals,  and  the defendant voluntarily participated
 8        in the crime with the knowledge of the  participation  of
 9        the  others in the crime, and the commission of the crime
10        was part of a single course of conduct during which there
11        was no substantial change in the nature of  the  criminal
12        objective; or
13             (6)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
14        the  offense  involved  any  of  the  following  types of
15        specific misconduct committed  as  part  of  a  ceremony,
16        rite,  initiation,  observance,  performance, practice or
17        activity  of  any   actual   or   ostensible   religious,
18        fraternal, or social group:
19                  (i)  the  brutalizing or torturing of humans or
20             animals;
21                  (ii)  the theft of human corpses;
22                  (iii)  the kidnapping of humans;
23                  (iv)  the   desecration   of   any    cemetery,
24             religious,    fraternal,   business,   governmental,
25             educational, or other building or property; or
26                  (v)  ritualized abuse of a child; or
27             (7)  When a defendant is convicted of  first  degree
28        murder,   after   having  been  previously  convicted  in
29        Illinois of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2)  of
30        Section  5-5-3,  when such conviction has occurred within
31        10 years after the previous  conviction,  excluding  time
32        spent in custody, and such charges are separately brought
33        and tried and arise out of different series of acts; or
34             (8)  When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
 
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 1        than  conspiracy  and the court finds that the felony was
 2        committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
 3        to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
 4        the other individuals, occupied a position of  organizer,
 5        supervisor,   financier,   or   any   other  position  of
 6        management or leadership, and  the  court  further  finds
 7        that   the   felony   committed  was  related  to  or  in
 8        furtherance of the criminal activities  of  an  organized
 9        gang or was motivated by the defendant's leadership in an
10        organized gang; or
11             (9)  When  a  defendant  is  convicted  of  a felony
12        violation of Section 24-1 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961
13        and  the court finds that the defendant is a member of an
14        organized gang.
15        (b-1)  For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang"
16    has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the  Illinois
17    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
18        (c)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
19    Section  5-8-2  upon  any  offender  (i) who was convicted of
20    aggravated criminal  sexual  assault  or  predatory  criminal
21    sexual  assault  of a child under paragraph (1) of subsection
22    (a) of Section 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 and  (ii)
23    where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the
24    commission of the offense.
25        (d)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
26    Section 5-8-2 upon any offender who was convicted of unlawful
27    use  of  weapons  under  Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of
28    1961  for  possessing  a   weapon   that   is   not   readily
29    distinguishable  as  one of the weapons enumerated in Section
30    24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-377,  eff.  8-18-95;
32    89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-689 (Sections
33    65  and 115), eff. 12-31-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-651, eff.
34    1-1-99; 90-686, eff. 1-1-99; revised 9-16-98.)

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