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91_HB1817

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of Corrections by
 2    changing Section 5-5-3.2.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Section 5-5-3.2 as follows:

 7        (730 ILCS 5/5-5-3.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3.2)
 8        Sec. 5-5-3.2.  Factors in Aggravation.
 9        (a)  The  following  factors  shall be accorded weight in
10    favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered
11    by the court as reasons to  impose  a  more  severe  sentence
12    under Section 5-8-1:
13             (1)  the  defendant's  conduct  caused or threatened
14        serious harm;
15             (2)  the   defendant   received   compensation   for
16        committing the offense;
17             (3)  the  defendant   has   a   history   of   prior
18        delinquency or criminal activity;
19             (4)  the  defendant,  by the duties of his office or
20        by his position, was obliged to  prevent  the  particular
21        offense committed or to bring the offenders committing it
22        to justice;
23             (5)  the defendant held public office at the time of
24        the  offense,  and  the offense related to the conduct of
25        that office;
26             (6)  the   defendant   utilized   his   professional
27        reputation or position in the  community  to  commit  the
28        offense,  or  to afford him an easier means of committing
29        it;
30             (7)  the sentence is necessary to deter others  from
31        committing the same crime;
 
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 1             (8)  the  defendant  committed the offense against a
 2        person  60  years  of  age  or  older  or  such  person's
 3        property;
 4             (9)  the defendant committed the offense  against  a
 5        person  who  is  physically  handicapped or such person's
 6        property;
 7             (10)  by reason of another  individual's  actual  or
 8        perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender,
 9        sexual  orientation,  physical  or  mental disability, or
10        national origin,  the  defendant  committed  the  offense
11        against  (i)  the  person or property of that individual;
12        (ii) the person or  property  of  a  person  who  has  an
13        association with, is married to, or has a friendship with
14        the  other individual; or (iii) the person or property of
15        a relative (by blood or marriage) of a  person  described
16        in clause (i) or (ii).  For the purposes of this Section,
17        "sexual      orientation"      means     heterosexuality,
18        homosexuality, or bisexuality;
19             (11)  the offense took place in a place  of  worship
20        or  on  the  grounds  of  a place of worship, immediately
21        prior  to,  during  or  immediately   following   worship
22        services.   For  purposes of this subparagraph, "place of
23        worship"  shall  mean  any  church,  synagogue  or  other
24        building, structure or place used primarily for religious
25        worship;
26             (12)  the  defendant  was  convicted  of  a   felony
27        committed  while  he  was  released  on  bail  or his own
28        recognizance pending trial for a  prior  felony  and  was
29        convicted  of  such  prior  felony,  or the defendant was
30        convicted of a felony committed while he  was  serving  a
31        period  of probation, conditional discharge, or mandatory
32        supervised release under subsection (d) of Section  5-8-1
33        for a prior felony;
34             (13)  the defendant committed or attempted to commit
 
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 1        a  felony  while  he was wearing a bulletproof vest.  For
 2        the purposes of this paragraph (13), a  bulletproof  vest
 3        is  any  device  which  is  designed  for  the purpose of
 4        protecting the wearer from bullets, shot or other  lethal
 5        projectiles;
 6             (14)  the  defendant  held  a  position  of trust or
 7        supervision such as, but not limited to, family member as
 8        defined in Section 12-12 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961,
 9        teacher,  scout  leader, baby sitter, or day care worker,
10        in relation to a victim under 18 years of  age,  and  the
11        defendant  committed  an  offense in violation of Section
12        11-6, 11-11, 11-15.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,  11-20.1,  12-13,
13        12-14,  12-14.1,  12-15  or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of
14        1961 against that victim;
15             (15)  the defendant committed an offense related  to
16        the activities of an organized gang.  For the purposes of
17        this factor, "organized gang" has the meaning ascribed to
18        it  in  Section  10  of  the Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
19        Prevention Act;
20             (16)  the  defendant   committed   an   offense   in
21        violation  of  one  of  the following Sections while in a
22        school, regardless of the time of day or time of year; on
23        any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by  a  school
24        to  transport  students  to  or  from  school or a school
25        related activity; on the real property of a school; or on
26        a public way within  1,000  feet  of  the  real  property
27        comprising any school: Section 10-1, 10-2, 10-5, 11-15.1,
28        11-17.1,  11-18.1, 11-19.1, 11-19.2,  12-2, 12-4, 12-4.1,
29        12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-6,  12-6.1,   12-13,  12-14,  12-14.1,
30        12-15,  12-16,   18-2,  or  33A-2 of the Criminal Code of
31        1961;
32             (17)  the defendant committed the offense by  reason
33        of   any   person's  activity  as  a  community  policing
34        volunteer or to  prevent  any  person  from  engaging  in
 
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 1        activity  as  a  community  policing  volunteer.  For the
 2        purpose of this Section, "community  policing  volunteer"
 3        has  the  meaning  ascribed to it in Section 2-3.5 of the
 4        Criminal Code of 1961;.
 5             (18)  the  defendant  committed  the  offense  in  a
 6        nursing home, on the real property comprising  a  nursing
 7        home,  or  within  1,000 feet of a nursing home.  For the
 8        purposes of this paragraph (18), "nursing home"  means  a
 9        skilled  nursing  or intermediate long term care facility
10        that is subject to license by the Illinois Department  of
11        Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act.
12        For  the purposes of this Section, "school" is defined as
13    a public or private elementary or secondary school, community
14    college, college, or university.
15        (b)  The following factors may be considered by the court
16    as reasons to impose an extended term sentence under  Section
17    5-8-2 upon any offender:
18             (1)  When  a  defendant  is convicted of any felony,
19        after having been previously convicted in Illinois or any
20        other jurisdiction of the same or similar class felony or
21        greater class felony, when such conviction  has  occurred
22        within  10 years after the previous conviction, excluding
23        time spent in custody, and such  charges  are  separately
24        brought  and  tried  and arise out of different series of
25        acts; or
26             (2)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
27        the court finds  that  the  offense  was  accompanied  by
28        exceptionally  brutal  or  heinous behavior indicative of
29        wanton cruelty; or
30             (3)  When a  defendant  is  convicted  of  voluntary
31        manslaughter,    second    degree   murder,   involuntary
32        manslaughter or reckless homicide in which the  defendant
33        has  been convicted of causing the death of more than one
34        individual; or
 
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 1             (4)  When a defendant is  convicted  of  any  felony
 2        committed against:
 3                  (i)  a person under 12 years of age at the time
 4             of the offense or such person's property;
 5                  (ii)  a  person 60 years of age or older at the
 6             time of the offense or such person's property; or
 7                  (iii)  a person physically handicapped  at  the
 8             time of the offense or such person's property; or
 9             (5)  In   the  case  of  a  defendant  convicted  of
10        aggravated criminal sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual
11        assault,  when  the  court finds that aggravated criminal
12        sexual  assault  or  criminal  sexual  assault  was  also
13        committed on  the  same  victim  by  one  or  more  other
14        individuals,  and  the defendant voluntarily participated
15        in the crime with the knowledge of the  participation  of
16        the  others in the crime, and the commission of the crime
17        was part of a single course of conduct during which there
18        was no substantial change in the nature of  the  criminal
19        objective; or
20             (6)  When a defendant is convicted of any felony and
21        the  offense  involved  any  of  the  following  types of
22        specific misconduct committed  as  part  of  a  ceremony,
23        rite,  initiation,  observance,  performance, practice or
24        activity  of  any   actual   or   ostensible   religious,
25        fraternal, or social group:
26                  (i)  the  brutalizing or torturing of humans or
27             animals;
28                  (ii)  the theft of human corpses;
29                  (iii)  the kidnapping of humans;
30                  (iv)  the   desecration   of   any    cemetery,
31             religious,    fraternal,   business,   governmental,
32             educational, or other building or property; or
33                  (v)  ritualized abuse of a child; or
34             (7)  When a defendant is convicted of  first  degree
 
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 1        murder,   after   having  been  previously  convicted  in
 2        Illinois of any offense listed under paragraph (c)(2)  of
 3        Section  5-5-3,  when such conviction has occurred within
 4        10 years after the previous  conviction,  excluding  time
 5        spent in custody, and such charges are separately brought
 6        and tried and arise out of different series of acts; or
 7             (8)  When a defendant is convicted of a felony other
 8        than  conspiracy  and the court finds that the felony was
 9        committed under an agreement with 2 or more other persons
10        to commit that offense and the defendant, with respect to
11        the other individuals, occupied a position of  organizer,
12        supervisor,   financier,   or   any   other  position  of
13        management or leadership, and  the  court  further  finds
14        that   the   felony   committed  was  related  to  or  in
15        furtherance of the criminal activities  of  an  organized
16        gang or was motivated by the defendant's leadership in an
17        organized gang; or
18             (9)  When  a  defendant  is  convicted  of  a felony
19        violation of Section 24-1 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961
20        and  the court finds that the defendant is a member of an
21        organized gang.
22        (b-1)  For the purposes of this Section, "organized gang"
23    has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the  Illinois
24    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
25        (c)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
26    Section   5-8-2  upon  any  offender  who  was  convicted  of
27    aggravated criminal sexual assault where the victim was under
28    18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
29        (d)  The court may impose an extended term sentence under
30    Section 5-8-2 upon any offender who was convicted of unlawful
31    use of weapons under Section 24-1 of  the  Criminal  Code  of
32    1961   for   possessing   a   weapon   that  is  not  readily
33    distinguishable as one of the weapons enumerated  in  Section
34    24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A.  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-377,  eff. 8-18-95;
 2    89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-689 (Sections
 3    65 and 115), eff. 12-31-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-651,  eff.
 4    1-1-99; 90-686, eff. 1-1-99; revised 9-16-98.)

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