SB2777 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 16187 RLC 61340 b

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2777

Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/5-1

from Ch. 38, par. 5-1

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 5-1 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 5-1)

Sec. 5-1. Accountability for conduct of another.

A person is responsible for conduct which is an element of an offense if the the conduct is either that of the person himself, or that of another and he is legally accountable for such conduct as provided in Section 5--2, or both.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)