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91_HB2240
LRB9102583RCks
1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
2 changing Section 115-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
6 amended by changing Section 115-8 as follows:
7 (725 ILCS 5/115-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 115-8)
8 Sec. 115-8.
9 A defendant may waive his or her right to be present
10 during trial. However, upon motion of the State's Attorney
11 made prior to or during trial, the court shall order the
12 defendant to present himself in open court for the purpose of
13 identification.
14 (Source: P.A. 77-1426.)