Public Act 90-0705 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0705

HB3063 Enrolled                                LRB9008474RCcd

    AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
changing Section 103-5.

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

    Section   5.   The  Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by changing Section 103-5 as follows:

    (725 ILCS 5/103-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 103-5)
    Sec. 103-5.  Speedy trial.)
    (a)  Every person in custody in this State for an alleged
offense shall be  tried  by  the  court  having  jurisdiction
within  120  days  from  the  date  he was taken into custody
unless  delay  is  occasioned  by  the   defendant,   by   an
examination for fitness ordered pursuant to Section 104-13 of
this  Act,  by  a  fitness  hearing,  by  an  adjudication of
unfitness to stand trial, by a continuance  allowed  pursuant
to Section 114-4 of this Act after a court's determination of
the  defendant's  physical  incapacity  for  trial,  or by an
interlocutory appeal.  Delay shall be considered to be agreed
to by the defendant unless he or she objects to the delay  by
making a written demand for trial or an oral demand for trial
on the record.
    (b)  Every  person on bail or recognizance shall be tried
by the court having jurisdiction within  160  days  from  the
date  defendant  demands  trial unless delay is occasioned by
the defendant, by an examination for fitness ordered pursuant
to Section 104-13 of this Act, by a fitness  hearing,  by  an
adjudication  of  unfitness  to stand trial, by a continuance
allowed pursuant to Section 114-4 of this Act after a court's
determination of  the  defendant's  physical  incapacity  for
trial, or by an interlocutory appeal.
    For  purposes  of computing the 160 day period under this
subsection, every person who was in custody  for  an  alleged
offense  and  demanded  trial and is subsequently released on
bail or recognizance and demands trial, shall be given credit
for time spent in custody following the making of the  demand
while  in  custody.  Any  demand  for  trial  made under this
provision shall be in writing; and in the case of a defendant
not in custody, the demand for trial shall include  the  date
of  any  prior  demand  made  under  this provision while the
defendant was in custody.
    (c)  If the court determines that the State has exercised
without success due diligence to obtain evidence material  to
the  case  and  that  there are reasonable grounds to believe
that such evidence may be obtained at a later day  the  court
may  continue  the  cause on application of the State for not
more than an additional 60 days. If the court determines that
the State has exercised  without  success  due  diligence  to
obtain  results  of  DNA testing that is material to the case
and that there are reasonable grounds to  believe  that  such
results  may  be  obtained  at  a  later  day,  the court may
continue the cause on application of the State for  not  more
than an additional 120 days.
    (d)  Every   person   not   tried   in   accordance  with
subsections (a),  (b)  and  (c)  of  this  Section  shall  be
discharged  from  custody or released from the obligations of
his bail or recognizance.
    (e)  If a person is simultaneously in custody  upon  more
than  one  charge  pending against him in the same county, or
simultaneously  demands  trial  upon  more  than  one  charge
pending against him in the same county, he shall be tried, or
adjudged guilty after waiver of trial, upon at least one such
charge before expiration relative  to  any  of  such  pending
charges  of  the period prescribed by subsections (a) and (b)
of this Section.  Such person shall be tried upon all of  the
remaining  charges thus pending within 160 days from the date
on  which  judgment  relative  to  the  first   charge   thus
prosecuted  is  rendered  pursuant  to  the  Unified  Code of
Corrections or, if such  trial  upon  such  first  charge  is
terminated  without judgment and there is no subsequent trial
of, or adjudication of guilt after waiver of trial  of,  such
first  charge  within  a reasonable time, the person shall be
tried upon all of the remaining charges thus  pending  within
160  days from the date on which such trial is terminated; if
either  such  period  of  160  days   expires   without   the
commencement  of  trial  of,  or  adjudication of guilt after
waiver of trial  of,  any  of  such  remaining  charges  thus
pending, such charge or charges shall be dismissed and barred
for  want  of  prosecution  unless delay is occasioned by the
defendant, by an examination for fitness ordered pursuant  to
Section  104-13  of  this  Act,  by  a fitness hearing, by an
adjudication of unfitness for trial, by a continuance allowed
pursuant to  Section  114-4  of  this  Act  after  a  court's
determination  of  the  defendant's  physical  incapacity for
trial, or by an interlocutory appeal; provided, however, that
if the court determines that the State has exercised  without
success due diligence to obtain evidence material to the case
and  that  there  are reasonable grounds to believe that such
evidence may be  obtained  at  a  later  day  the  court  may
continue  the  cause on application of the State for not more
than an additional 60 days.
    (f)  Delay occasioned by the defendant shall  temporarily
suspend  for  the time of the delay the period within which a
person shall be tried as prescribed by subsections (a),  (b),
or  (e)  of  this Section and on the day of expiration of the
delay the said period shall continue at the point at which it
was suspended.  Where such delay occurs within 21 days of the
end of the period within which a person  shall  be  tried  as
prescribed  by  subsections (a), (b), or (e) of this Section,
the court may continue the cause on application of the  State
for  not  more  than  an additional 21 days beyond the period
prescribed by subsections (a), (b), or (e).  This  subsection
(f)  shall  become effective on, and apply to persons charged
with alleged offenses committed on or after, March 1, 1977.
(Source: P.A. 86-1210; 87-281.)

    Section 90.  Severability.  The provisions  of  this  Act
are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

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