Full Text of HB1291 95th General Assembly
HB1291 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1291
Introduced 2/20/2007, by Rep. Arthur L. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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725 ILCS 5/122-1 |
from Ch. 38, par. 122-1 |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant does not file a direct appeal, a post-conviction petition shall be filed no later than 10 years from the date of sentencing (rather than 3 years from the date of conviction). Provides that if the defendant files a direct appeal, the petition may be filed no later than 10 years after sentencing or 6 months after conclusion of proceedings in the United States Supreme Court or 6 months after the period for filing a certiorari petition if a petition for certiorari is not filed, whichever expires later. Provides that these provisions shall be applied retroactively to petitions for post-conviction relief that were dismissed as untimely before the effective date of the amendatory Act but would have been timely if filed on or after that time. Provides that such a petitioner has 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act to file his or her post-conviction petition.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 122-1 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 5/122-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 122-1)
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| Sec. 122-1. Petition in the trial court.
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| (a) Any person imprisoned in the penitentiary may institute | 9 |
| a proceeding under this Article if the person asserts that: | 10 |
| (1) in the
proceedings which resulted in his or her | 11 |
| conviction there was a substantial
denial of his or her | 12 |
| rights under the Constitution of the United States or
of | 13 |
| the State of Illinois or both; or
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| (2) the death penalty was imposed and there is
newly | 15 |
| discovered evidence not available to the person at
the time | 16 |
| of the proceeding that resulted in his or her
conviction | 17 |
| that establishes a substantial basis to believe that the | 18 |
| defendant
is actually innocent by clear and convincing | 19 |
| evidence.
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| (a-5) A proceeding under paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
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| may be commenced within a reasonable period of time after the | 22 |
| person's
conviction
notwithstanding any other provisions of
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| this Article. In such a proceeding regarding
actual innocence, |
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| if the court determines the petition is
frivolous or is | 2 |
| patently without merit, it shall dismiss the
petition in a | 3 |
| written order, specifying the findings of fact
and conclusions | 4 |
| of law it made in reaching its decision.
Such order of | 5 |
| dismissal is a final judgment and shall be
served upon the | 6 |
| petitioner by certified mail within 10 days
of its entry.
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| (b) The proceeding shall be commenced by filing with the | 8 |
| clerk of the court
in which the conviction took place a | 9 |
| petition (together with a copy thereof)
verified by affidavit. | 10 |
| Petitioner shall also serve another copy upon the
State's | 11 |
| Attorney by any of the methods provided in Rule 7 of the | 12 |
| Supreme
Court. The clerk shall docket the petition for | 13 |
| consideration by the court
pursuant to Section 122-2.1 upon his | 14 |
| or her receipt thereof and bring the same
promptly to the | 15 |
| attention of the court.
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| (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5), if
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| the petitioner is under sentence of death and a petition for | 18 |
| writ of certiorari is filed,
no proceedings under this Article | 19 |
| shall be commenced more than 10 years from the date of | 20 |
| sentencing or 6 months after
the conclusion of proceedings in | 21 |
| the United States Supreme Court, whichever expires later,
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| unless the petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay
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| not due to his or her culpable negligence. If a petition for | 24 |
| certiorari is not filed, no proceedings under this Article | 25 |
| shall be commenced more than 10 years from the date of | 26 |
| sentencing or 6 months from the date for filing a certiorari |
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| petition, whichever expires later, unless the petitioner | 2 |
| alleges facts showing that the delay was not due to his or her | 3 |
| culpable negligence.
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| When a defendant has a sentence other than death, no | 5 |
| proceedings under this
Article shall be commenced more than 10 | 6 |
| years from the date of sentencing or 6 months after the | 7 |
| conclusion of proceedings in the United States Supreme Court, | 8 |
| whichever expires later, unless the petitioner
alleges facts | 9 |
| showing that the delay was not due to his or her culpable
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| negligence.
If a petition for certiorari is not filed, no | 11 |
| proceedings under this Article shall be commenced more than 10 | 12 |
| years from the date of sentencing or 6 months from the date for | 13 |
| filing a certiorari petition, whichever expires later, unless | 14 |
| the petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay was not due | 15 |
| to his or her culpable negligence. If a defendant does not file | 16 |
| a direct appeal, the post-conviction petition shall be filed no | 17 |
| later than 10 years from the date of sentencing
3 years from | 18 |
| the date of conviction , unless the petitioner alleges facts | 19 |
| showing that the delay was not due to his or her culpable | 20 |
| negligence.
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| This limitation does not apply to a petition advancing a | 22 |
| claim of actual
innocence. | 23 |
| (d) A person seeking relief by filing a petition under this | 24 |
| Section must
specify in the petition or its heading that it is | 25 |
| filed under this Section.
A trial court that has received a | 26 |
| petition complaining of a conviction or
sentence that fails to |
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| specify in the petition or its heading that it is
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| this Section need not evaluate the petition to determine
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| whether it could otherwise have stated some grounds for relief | 4 |
| under
this Article.
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| (e) A proceeding under this Article may not be commenced on | 6 |
| behalf of a
defendant who has been sentenced to death without | 7 |
| the written consent of the
defendant, unless the defendant, | 8 |
| because of a mental or physical condition, is
incapable of | 9 |
| asserting his or her own claim.
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| (f) Only one petition may be filed by a petitioner under | 11 |
| this Article
without leave of the court.
Leave of court may be | 12 |
| granted only if a petitioner demonstrates
cause for his or her | 13 |
| failure to bring the claim in his or her initial
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| post-conviction proceedings and prejudice results from that | 15 |
| failure. For
purposes
of this subsection (f): (1) a prisoner | 16 |
| shows cause by identifying an objective
factor that impeded his | 17 |
| or her ability to raise a specific claim during his or
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| initial post-conviction proceedings; and (2) a prisoner shows | 19 |
| prejudice by
demonstrating that the claim not raised during his | 20 |
| or her initial
post-conviction proceedings so infected the | 21 |
| trial that the resulting conviction
or
sentence violated due | 22 |
| process.
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| (g) A petitioner under this Article whose petition was | 24 |
| dismissed as untimely before the effective date of this | 25 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly but whose petition | 26 |
| would have been timely if filed on or after the effective date |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may file | 2 |
| his or her petition within 2 years after the effective date of | 3 |
| this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-493, eff. 1-1-04; 93-605, eff. 11-19-03; | 5 |
| 93-972, eff. 8-20-04.)
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