97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2594

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/2-5  from Ch. 38, par. 2-5

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 2-5 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/2-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 2-5)
7    Sec. 2-5. "Conviction".
8    "Conviction" means a judgment of conviction or sentence
9entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a verdict or finding of
10guilty of an offense, rendered by a legally constituted jury or
11by a court of competent jurisdiction authorized to try the the
12case without a jury.
13(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)