98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3102

 

Introduced 2/7/2014, by Sen. Michael Connelly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/115-7.3

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Adds kidnapping and aggravated kidnaping to the list of offenses in which evidence of commission of a prior offense from the list may be admitted by the court at trial, and adds an attempt to commit any of the listed offenses to the list. Effective immediately.


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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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 115-7.3 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/115-7.3)
7    Sec. 115-7.3. Evidence in certain cases.
8    (a) This Section applies to criminal cases in which:
9        (1) the defendant is accused of predatory criminal
10    sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual
11    assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
12    sexual abuse, criminal sexual abuse, child pornography,
13    aggravated child pornography, criminal transmission of
14    HIV, kidnapping, aggravated kidnaping, or child abduction
15    as defined in paragraph (10) of subsection (b) of Section
16    10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
17    2012 or an attempt to commit any of these offenses;
18        (2) the defendant is accused of battery, aggravated
19    battery, first degree murder, or second degree murder when
20    the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration
21    or sexual conduct as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the
22    Criminal Code of 2012 or an attempt to commit any of these
23    offenses; or

 

 

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1        (3) the defendant is tried or retried for any of the
2    offenses formerly known as rape, deviate sexual assault,
3    indecent liberties with a child, or aggravated indecent
4    liberties with a child or an attempt to commit any of these
5    offenses.
6    (b) If the defendant is accused of an offense set forth in
7paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) or the defendant is
8tried or retried for any of the offenses set forth in paragraph
9(3) of subsection (a), evidence of the defendant's commission
10of another offense or offenses set forth in paragraph (1), (2),
11or (3) of subsection (a), or evidence to rebut that proof or an
12inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence
13is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be
14considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is
15relevant.
16    (c) In weighing the probative value of the evidence against
17undue prejudice to the defendant, the court may consider:
18        (1) the proximity in time to the charged or predicate
19    offense;
20        (2) the degree of factual similarity to the charged or
21    predicate offense; or
22        (3) other relevant facts and circumstances.
23    (d) In a criminal case in which the prosecution intends to
24offer evidence under this Section, it must disclose the
25evidence, including statements of witnesses or a summary of the
26substance of any testimony, at a reasonable time in advance of

 

 

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1trial, or during trial if the court excuses pretrial notice on
2good cause shown.
3    (e) In a criminal case in which evidence is offered under
4this Section, proof may be made by specific instances of
5conduct, testimony as to reputation, or testimony in the form
6of an expert opinion, except that the prosecution may offer
7reputation testimony only after the opposing party has offered
8that testimony.
9    (f) In prosecutions for a violation of Section 10-2,
1011-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-3.05, 12-4,
1112-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, or 18-5 of the Criminal
12Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, involving the
13involuntary delivery of a controlled substance to a victim, no
14inference may be made about the fact that a victim did not
15consent to a test for the presence of controlled substances.
16(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13;
1798-160, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.