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92_HB4200eng HB4200 Engrossed LRB9211675RCcd 1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 5 changing Section 5-4-1 as follows: 6 (730 ILCS 5/5-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-1) 7 Sec. 5-4-1. Sentencing Hearing. 8 (a) Except when the death penalty is sought under 9 hearing procedures otherwise specified, after a determination 10 of guilt, a hearing shall be held to impose the sentence. 11 However, prior to the imposition of sentence on an individual 12 being sentenced for an offense based upon a charge for a 13 violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a 14 similar provision of a local ordinance, the individual must 15 undergo a professional evaluation to determine if an alcohol 16 or other drug abuse problem exists and the extent of such a 17 problem. Programs conducting these evaluations shall be 18 licensed by the Department of Human Services. However, if 19 the individual is not a resident of Illinois, the court may, 20 in its discretion, accept an evaluation from a program in the 21 state of such individual's residence. The court may in its 22 sentencing order approve an eligible defendant for placement 23 in a Department of Corrections impact incarceration program 24 as provided in Section 5-8-1.1. At the hearing the court 25 shall: 26 (1) consider the evidence, if any, received upon 27 the trial; 28 (2) consider any presentence reports; 29 (3) consider the financial impact of incarceration 30 based on the financial impact statement filed with the 31 clerk of the court by the Department of Corrections; HB4200 Engrossed -2- LRB9211675RCcd 1 (4) consider evidence and information offered by 2 the parties in aggravation and mitigation; 3 (5) hear arguments as to sentencing alternatives; 4 (6) afford the defendant the opportunity to make a 5 statement in his own behalf; 6 (7) afford the victim of a violent crime or a 7 violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 8 or a similar provision of a local ordinance, or a 9 qualified individual affected by: (i) a violation of 10 Section 405, 405.1, 405.2, or 407 of the Illinois 11 Controlled Substances Act, or (ii) a Class 4 felony 12 violation of Section 11-14, 11-15, 11-17, 11-18, 11-18.1, 13 or 11-19 of the Criminal Code of 1961, committed by the 14 defendant the opportunity to make a statement concerning 15 the impact on the victim and to offer evidence in 16 aggravation or mitigation; provided that the statement 17 and evidence offered in aggravation or mitigation must 18 first be prepared in writing in conjunction with the 19 State's Attorney before it may be presented orally at the 20 hearing. Any sworn testimony offered by the victim is 21 subject to the defendant's right to cross-examine. All 22 statements and evidence offered under this paragraph (7) 23 shall become part of the record of the court. For the 24 purpose of this paragraph (7), "qualified individual" 25 means any person who (i) lived or worked within the 26 territorial jurisdiction where the offense took place 27 when the offense took place; and (ii) is familiar with 28 various public places within the territorial jurisdiction 29 where the offense took place when the offense took place. 30 For the purposes of this paragraph (7), "qualified 31 individual" includes any peace officer, or any member of 32 any duly organized State, county, or municipal peace unit 33 assigned to the territorial jurisdiction where the 34 offense took place when the offense took place; and HB4200 Engrossed -3- LRB9211675RCcd 1 (8) in cases of reckless homicide afford the 2 victim's spouse, guardians, parents or other immediate 3 family members an opportunity to make oral statements. 4 (b) All sentences shall be imposed by the judge based 5 upon his independent assessment of the elements specified 6 above and any agreement as to sentence reached by the 7 parties. The judge who presided at the trial or the judge 8 who accepted the plea of guilty shall impose the sentence 9 unless he is no longer sitting as a judge in that court. 10 Where the judge does not impose sentence at the same time on 11 all defendants who are convicted as a result of being 12 involved in the same offense, the defendant or the State's 13 Attorney may advise the sentencing court of the disposition 14 of any other defendants who have been sentenced. 15 (c) In imposing a sentence for a violent crime or for an 16 offense of operating or being in physical control of a 17 vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, any other drug 18 or any combination thereof, or a similar provision of a local 19 ordinance, when such offense resulted in the personal injury 20 to someone other than the defendant, the trial judge shall 21 specify on the record the particular evidence, information, 22 factors in mitigation and aggravation or other reasons that 23 led to his sentencing determination. The full verbatim record 24 of the sentencing hearing shall be filed with the clerk of 25 the court and shall be a public record. 26 (c-1) In imposing a sentence for the offense of 27 aggravated kidnapping for ransom, home invasion, armed 28 robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking, aggravated discharge 29 of a firearm, or armed violence with a category I weapon or 30 category II weapon, the trial judge shall make a finding as 31 to whether the conduct leading to conviction for the offense 32 resulted in great bodily harm to a victim, and shall enter 33 that finding and the basis for that finding in the record. 34 (c-2) If the defendant is sentenced to prison, other HB4200 Engrossed -4- LRB9211675RCcd 1 than when a sentence of natural life imprisonment or a 2 sentence of death is imposed, at the time the sentence is 3 imposed the judge shall state on the record in open court the 4 approximate period of time the defendant will serve in 5 custody according to the then current statutory rules and 6 regulations for early release found in Section 3-6-3 and 7 other related provisions of this Code. This statement is 8 intended solely to inform the public, has no legal effect on 9 the defendant's actual release, and may not be relied on by 10 the defendant on appeal. 11 The judge's statement, to be given after pronouncing the 12 sentence, other than when the sentence is imposed for one of 13 the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3, 14 shall include the following: 15 "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of 16 the actual period of time this defendant is likely to spend 17 in prison as a result of this sentence. The actual period of 18 prison time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois 19 as applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of 20 Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this 21 case, assuming the defendant receives all of his or her good 22 conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ... 23 years and ... months, less up to 180 days additional good 24 conduct credit for meritorious service. If the defendant, 25 because of his or her own misconduct or failure to comply 26 with the institutional regulations, does not receive those 27 credits, the actual time served in prison will be longer. 28 The defendant may also receive an additional one-half day 29 good conduct credit for each day of participation in 30 vocational, industry, substance abuse, and educational 31 programs as provided for by Illinois statute." 32 When the sentence is imposed for one of the offenses 33 enumerated in paragraph (a)(3) of Section 3-6-3, other than 34 when the sentence is imposed for one of the offenses HB4200 Engrossed -5- LRB9211675RCcd 1 enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3 committed on 2 or after June 19, 1998, and other than when the sentence is 3 imposed for reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of 4 Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 if the offense was 5 committed on or after January 1, 1999, and other than when 6 the sentence is imposed for aggravated arson if the offense 7 was committed on or after the effective date of this 8 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the judge's 9 statement, to be given after pronouncing the sentence, shall 10 include the following: 11 "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of 12 the actual period of time this defendant is likely to spend 13 in prison as a result of this sentence. The actual period of 14 prison time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois 15 as applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of 16 Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this 17 case, assuming the defendant receives all of his or her good 18 conduct credit, the period of estimated actual custody is ... 19 years and ... months, less up to 90 days additional good 20 conduct credit for meritorious service. If the defendant, 21 because of his or her own misconduct or failure to comply 22 with the institutional regulations, does not receive those 23 credits, the actual time served in prison will be longer. 24 The defendant may also receive an additional one-half day 25 good conduct credit for each day of participation in 26 vocational, industry, substance abuse, and educational 27 programs as provided for by Illinois statute." 28 When the sentence is imposed for one of the offenses 29 enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of Section 3-6-3, other than 30 first degree murder, and the offense was committed on or 31 after June 19, 1998, and when the sentence is imposed for 32 reckless homicide as defined in subsection (e) of Section 9-3 33 of the Criminal Code of 1961 if the offense was committed on 34 or after January 1, 1999, and when the sentence is imposed HB4200 Engrossed -6- LRB9211675RCcd 1 for aggravated arson if the offense was committed on or after 2 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General 3 Assembly, the judge's statement, to be given after 4 pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following: 5 "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of 6 the actual period of time this defendant is likely to spend 7 in prison as a result of this sentence. The actual period of 8 prison time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois 9 as applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of 10 Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this 11 case, the defendant is entitled to no more than 4 1/2 days of 12 good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of 13 imprisonment. Therefore, this defendant will serve at least 14 85% of his or her sentence. Assuming the defendant receives 15 4 1/2 days credit for each month of his or her sentence, the 16 period of estimated actual custody is ... years and ... 17 months. If the defendant, because of his or her own 18 misconduct or failure to comply with the institutional 19 regulations receives lesser credit, the actual time served in 20 prison will be longer." 21 When a sentence of imprisonment is imposed for first 22 degree murder and the offense was committed on or after June 23 19, 1998, the judge's statement, to be given after 24 pronouncing the sentence, shall include the following: 25 "The purpose of this statement is to inform the public of 26 the actual period of time this defendant is likely to spend 27 in prison as a result of this sentence. The actual period of 28 prison time served is determined by the statutes of Illinois 29 as applied to this sentence by the Illinois Department of 30 Corrections and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. In this 31 case, the defendant is not entitled to good conduct credit. 32 Therefore, this defendant will serve 100% of his or her 33 sentence." 34 (d) When the defendant is committed to the Department of HB4200 Engrossed -7- LRB9211675RCcd 1 Corrections, the State's Attorney shall and counsel for the 2 defendant may file a statement with the clerk of the court to 3 be transmitted to the department, agency or institution to 4 which the defendant is committed to furnish such department, 5 agency or institution with the facts and circumstances of the 6 offense for which the person was committed together with all 7 other factual information accessible to them in regard to the 8 person prior to his commitment relative to his habits, 9 associates, disposition and reputation and any other facts 10 and circumstances which may aid such department, agency or 11 institution during its custody of such person. The clerk 12 shall within 10 days after receiving any such statements 13 transmit a copy to such department, agency or institution and 14 a copy to the other party, provided, however, that this shall 15 not be cause for delay in conveying the person to the 16 department, agency or institution to which he has been 17 committed. 18 (e) The clerk of the court shall transmit to the 19 department, agency or institution, if any, to which the 20 defendant is committed, the following: 21 (1) the sentence imposed; 22 (2) any statement by the court of the basis for 23 imposing the sentence; 24 (3) any presentence reports; 25 (4) the number of days, if any, which the defendant 26 has been in custody and for which he is entitled to 27 credit against the sentence, which information shall be 28 provided to the clerk by the sheriff; 29 (4.1) any finding of great bodily harm made by the 30 court with respect to an offense enumerated in subsection 31 (c-1); 32 (5) all statements filed under subsection (d) of 33 this Section; 34 (6) any medical or mental health records or HB4200 Engrossed -8- LRB9211675RCcd 1 summaries of the defendant; 2 (7) the municipality where the arrest of the 3 offender or the commission of the offense has occurred, 4 where such municipality has a population of more than 5 25,000 persons; 6 (8) all statements made and evidence offered under 7 paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section; and 8 (9) all additional matters which the court directs 9 the clerk to transmit. 10 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-899, eff. 1-1-01; 11 92-176, eff. 7-27-01.)